ATTOCK, Dec 11: A guard was killed and over Rs6 million looted from a bank branch here in the early hours of Saturday. The watchman of the area saw a man rushing out of the main branch of Allied Bank building and fleeing in a white car along with other persons already present in the vehicle.

Police and the bank officials reached the bank and found guard Mohammad Amin Khattak, resident of Lakarmar, dead in a bathroom, while the entire cash was missing from two safes which were broken with gas cutters.

According to the bank officials, Rs6.21 million were missing while about 22 lockers were found smashed.

The affected locker holders told newsmen outside the bank that they had been deprived of their golden ornaments and other valuables worth millions of rupees.

Police said they had found a driving licence from the bank and arrested its holder, a resident of Attock city.