According to eyewitnesses, the robbers barged into the bank as soon as the establishment opened today morning. They first locked the bank from the inside and then took bank employees and customers hostage at gunpoint. Meanwhile, they filled their sacks with money.The incident was caught on CCTV. Police have been put on alert and the border of the district has been sealed. The crime was committed close to the residence of Union Minister Nityanand Rai.Senior police officials are probing the matter and the CCTV footage is being scrutinised.Earlier, the Nawada police in Bihar had claimed to have cracked a bank robbery case by arresting eight persons. The accused persons had looted Rs 14 lakh from the Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank at Basti Bigha near the Nardiganj police station on March 8. As per the robbery plan, six accused carrying firearms entered the bank while two others were present outside the bank.Rs 1 cr 19 lakh Loot in HDFC Bank in #Bihar's Hajipur. Looters can be seen taking the cash in a बोरा pic.twitter.com/pnXM0TpgFd
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