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Time of India
07-07-2025
- Time of India
Rs 10 lakh robbed at gunpoint from Bihar Gramin Bank
P atna: Armed criminals robbed Rs 10 lakh from a Bihar Gramin Bank branch at Berua under Gaighat police station in Muzaffarpur district by holding its employees hostage on Monday. Soon after getting the news, Gaighat station house officer (SHO) Umakant Singh, along with his team, arrived at the scene. He said the CCTV camera footage from the scene and surrounding areas is being reviewed. "The footage show that soon after entering the bank, three criminals took the bank employees hostage, and assaulted some. The criminals collected their mobile phones at one place, and asked them about the cash. When the staff did not provide information, the criminals slapped them and threatened to shoot if they didn't reveal where the cash was. Subsequently, the employees informed the criminals about the cash. They then escaped with Rs 10 lakh from the locker," said the Gaighat SHO. Technical experts are also lending a hand in the probe of the robbery. "Raids are being conducted in the direction the criminals fled. Local residents and bank employees have been questioned. We are also investigating any possible involvement of the bank employees," the SHO added.
The Hindu
30-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
CBI arrests bank officials in Bihar, Assam on bribery charges
'The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two accused, including the branch manager of Bihar Gramin Bank, Babhangama Branch in Sitamarhi district, and a daily wager employee (private person), for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹10,000 from a complainant,' according to an official release. The CBI registered a case against the accused on May 29, 2025, on allegations that they had demanded a bribe of ₹15,000 from the complainant in exchange for releasing the subsidy amount related to a Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) loan that had already been sanctioned and disbursed to the complainant in 2022. According to the statement, CBI laid a trap and caught both the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting ₹10,000 in bribes from the complainant. Both were subsequently arrested and will be produced before the Court of Special Judge, CBI, Patna, on May 30. Searches were conducted on the accused's residential and official premises in Sitamarhi, Bihar, where incriminating documents were recovered. Investigation is ongoing. Meanwhile, in a separate operation in Assam, the CBI arrested the Branch Manager of Central Bank of India, Dhamdhama Branch, District Nalbari, Assam, for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹5,000 from the complainant. As per the statement, a case was registered by the CBI on Thursday (May 27, 2025) against the accused on the allegation that he demanded an undue advantage of ₹5,000 from the complainant to enhance his overdraft (OD) facility. CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed for demanding and accepting the bribe of ₹5,000. The accused was later arrested and will be produced before the CBI Court in Guwahati on May 30. 'Investigation is continuing,' said the statement. Meanwhile, in Bhubaneshwar, the CBI arrested Enforcement Directorate Deputy Director Chintan Raghuvanshi (IRS) on corruption charges.
