Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Feb 1: The police foiled robbery attempt in Gramin Bank branch at Palma near Rajouri and nabbed one member of the gang last night.
Official sources said that acting swiftly on the basis of an information that some people were trying to break the shutters of the Bank branch at Palma on the outskirts of Rajouri on Kotranka road, the police party led by SHO Rajouri Chaman Gorkha rushed to the spot along with police men and organised a trap.
It was at around 12.30 midnight that two masked men were busy in breaking shutters of the bank while two others were keeping an eye on the movement of the people. The police party parked its vehicle at some distance away from the spot and kept making advances taking cover. The cops nabbed one of the robbers while three others managed to escape.
The arrested robber has been identified as Waqar Ahmed, son of Mohd Shabir, resident of Kot Dharra in Rajouri. The police claimed to have identified the other members of the gang. It said that police parties have been sent to different locations to trap the other robbers.
With the prompt action by police, the robbery in the bank was averted. The arrested accused has confessed the involvement of the gang in several theft cases in Kotranka and Rajouri area in the recent past. Further investigation was in progress.
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