Pune, Nov. 2 -- A Maharashtra Police sub-inspector who was dismissed from the force and jailed in 2023 for orchestrating a robbery at a State Bank of India branch in Jalgaon used his knowledge of the police's operations and put together a network of criminal associates while in prison to carry out a sensational Rs.36.48-crore armed robbery at another of the bank's branch in the same district on Saturday, investigators aware of the matter said on Sunday. Saturday's robbery took place in Bhokar village between 2.45pm and 3.15pm, when four men - one of whom was the mastermind, Shankar Ramesh Jasak - wearing helmets and face coverings entered the bank armed with two pistols, knives and wooden sticks. They threatened the bank manager, cashier and other employees, forced them to open the lockers, and tied their hands and covered their mouths. When the security guard attempted to intervene, the suspects allegedly fired at him and fled with Rs.12.26 lakh cash and approximately 27kg of gold ornaments worth Rs.36.36 crore stored in 16 lockers. But the 42-year-old former sub-inspector's plans unravelled rapidly after an emergency alarm set off a hot pursuit that featured local officers and village residents. The four were arrested about two hours later and police recovered all of the cash and gold, along with firearms, weapons and two vehicles allegedly used in the crime. Investigators believe Jasak's years in the police force, followed by his encounters with the criminal justice system, gave him the knowledge and contacts to orchestrate therobbery....