Fake gun for real bank robbery in Noida

Armed with a toy gun and a knife, two robbers barged into a Noida bank and fled with Rs 5 lakh on Thursday.

In the incident, which unfolded like a scene in a bollywood potboiler, two unidentified people aged around 30 arrived at the Canara Bank brach located in Sector 63.

Ironically, even the security guard at the branch Krishna Veer Singh a retired 19 Jaat Regiment soldier, could not identify the fake gun.

According to the police, the robbers came on a bike. One of them pointed the fake gun at the guard while the other directly went to the cashier Mukesh Gupta, who was then busy arranging currency notes. Both the culprits had their helmets on so that nobody could identify them.

On August 27, we had warned the bank manager to appoint an armed guard but they didn't listen to us," said the Noida SSP, R K Chaturvedi. However, a bank official alleged that the Noida police was not issuing an arms license despite repeated requests.

There was no CCTV in the bank leave alone other electronic safety gadgets. The robbers threw the fake revolver and the dagger near the bank before escaping.

"We have lifted fingerprints of the culprits from the cash counter" said Chaturvedi.

Source: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/sep/120908-Canara-bank-robbery-Rs-5-lakhs.htm