Unknown gunmen on Monday looted cash and a rifle from a bank in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports reached Kashmir News Bureau that gunmen barged into a branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank at Mahind in Srigufwara area and looted Rs 180000 and a 12-bore rifle.
An official said that forces have cordoned off the area to nab the culprits. Bank robberies have grown in recent past especially in the South Kashmir area.