Thieves who robbed a branch of Punjab National Bank in Gohana by digging a 40 metre tunnel to the bank’s vault are being hunted by police.
The gang stole cash, jewellery and other valuables worth hundreds of thousands of dollars by boring up into the vault from an access tunnel started in a nearby empty house in a caper apparently inspired by popular Bollywood film Dhoom which depicts a similar robbery.
Bank officials at the government-owned bank were shocked when they discovered the huge hole in the ground on Monday morning. Police say they believed the robbery took place on Saturday night.
A special team has been set up to investigate the robbery but no arrests have been made so far. Bank officials said the exact value of the stolen goods was yet to be estimated.
Bank manager Devender Malik said “it appeared the robbery was carried out after meticulous planning by the robbers which may have stretched over several days”.
