Jamshedpur, Sept. 25 -- Gold jewellery and cash worth around Rs 33.62 crore were looted from a Canara Bank branch in Jamshedpur on Friday after armed criminals allegedly held employees and security personnel hostage, according to the FIR.
The incident occurred at the bank's Masjid Road branch under Golmuri police station between 9:10 am and 10:18 am, according to the complaint filed by branch chief manager Ajit Kumar.
The FIR mentions five unidentified armed men. They allegedly assaulted a bank peon and private security guard before threatening employees and others inside the branch with weapons.
The criminals allegedly tied the hands of employees with packing tape and covered their mouths before forcing key-holding bank employees to ope...