Armed militants storm and loot bank in south Kashmir
"Couple of militants barged into a branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank at Arihal and looted eight to ten lakh rupees after forcing their entry,” said a police official.
“They barged into the bank, fired shots in air, broke computers and looted around ten lakh rupees,” the official added.
On Thursday, there was an attempted robbery at the J&K Bank at Poshkar too.
However, the bid was foiled after they unable to barge inside because of iron grills.
Last month, unidentified burglars robbed nearly Rs 35 lakh from a J&K Bank in Kishtwar district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had, in a surprise announcement on November 8, scrapped high denomination banknotes, saying that one of the key targets of the drive was to stop militants from using counterfeit Indian currency from Pakistan.
Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri
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