Armed gang attempts robbery at Nabil Bank's Jorpati branch; three killed (update)

In yet another broad daylight robbery in the Capital, three persons including two security guards of Nabil Bank’s Jorpati branch were killed when a group of armed robbers indiscriminately opened fire on them, after they tried to resist.

Police said the two dead security guards have been identified as Tej Bahadur Thapa and Prem Bahadur Tamang while the driver of the microbus carrying the robbers was killed in shootout between the police and the robbers. The identity of the driver is yet to be confirmed.

Police nabbed two robbers along with 2.5 million rupees looted from the bank. One of arrested robber, Ajay Rai, was a former Maoist while the other, Dev Raj Bhattrai, was an Armed Police Force (APF) constable working at the APF barrack in Dakshinkali, according to the police. Bhattrai had been out of duty since two weeks.

Some 15 looters came in a microbus at around 11:00 a.m. A patrolling team from the police beat in Bouddha arrived on the scene when the looters were trying to get away with the looted cash, police said.

Shootout ensued between police and the looters that caused serious clamor around the area. Three pistols, khukuris, mobile phone sets and bullets were recovered from the robbers.

This was the third major robbery case in a row in Kathmandu in less than a week. A group of robbers had looted properties worth Rs 2.5 million from a house in Santinagar, Kathmandu, Tuesday morning and armed robbers had looted Rs.1.1 million cash from the Nepal Bank Limited branch office in Chhetraparti the day before. However, this is only the first time, police have been able to nab any robber. nepalnews.com pb/mk May 31 06

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