Robbers loot Rs50.3m from NBP staffer

Published June 23, 2021
Armed robbers looted Rs50.3 million from National Bank of Pakistan’s (NBP) Nokundi area branch in Chagai district on Tuesday. — PPI/File
Armed robbers looted Rs50.3 million from National Bank of Pakistan’s (NBP) Nokundi area branch in Chagai district on Tuesday. — PPI/File

CHAGAI: Armed robbers looted Rs50.3 million from National Bank of Pakistan’s (NBP) Nokundi area branch in Chagai district on Tuesday.

Sources said the cash in-charge of the Taftan branch of NBP, Iqbal Baloch, along with a Levies Force sepoy Naimat Ullah, was carrying cash in his vehicle which was intercepted by the robbers dressed in security forces’ uniform on the RCD High­way in Satt Landhi area.

“The robbers shot in the leg of the Levies Force sepoy, while the cash in-charge was beaten when he offered resistance. The injured were taken to hospital in Dalbandin where they were given medical treatment,” an NBP officer told Dawn.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2021

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