Days after cash and ornaments valued at over ₹2.25 crore were found missing from an Axis Bank branch in Manipur’s Churachandpur, criminals targeted another(July 14) bank in Kangpokpi district and looted computers and other electronic items worth nearly ₹1 crore, officials said on Friday.
The Kangpokpi branch of Manipur State Cooperative Bank, north of Imphal Valley, has been closed since May 4, police told PTI adding, "the theft was detected three days ago when officials went to open the bank”.
"Though the cash vault was found broken, bank officials had removed all the money from it and the ATM located on the bank premises in mid-May as per the instructions of the head office," the official said.
