Axis Bank’s chest branch in Jaipur, saw an attempt of dacoity, amidst police security firing upon seeing the intruders.
Around 2.30 am, more than a dozen men arrived at the bank in an SUV, and entered the premises by jumping over the main gate, explained Yogesh Dadhich, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Jaipur South. The bank is based in the Ashok Nagar area of the city.
Furthermore, DCP said that the intruders – four or five among whom were armed with handguns and iron rods – subjugated the security guard at the gate and held him captive.
“Then they managed to open one more gate of the bank. While they were trying to open the third gate, the noise alerted the police constable who was inside,” said Dadhich.
Constable Sitaram added that after seeing the men trying to break the door, he called them out which made them move back a little. “I fired in the air which scared them and they fled the spot,” said Sitaram.
Now a case of attempt to dacoity has been registered against unidentified persons. “We have been unable to identify the men till now as they were masked. The number of their car is also not clear from the CCTV footages. But we’re trying to draw a route map of their vehicle which will provide us with some clue,” said the DCP.
DCP Dadhich said the bank had spurned the security measures laid down by the Reserve Bank of India since no alarm went off even after two gates were breached.
The police commissioner commended the constable for his work and asked the director general of police to provide him with a gallantry promotion.