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NT News Service
Margao, Aug 4: A 53-year-old armed and masked man was arrested today
for attempting to rob a city bank in a broad daylight. However, alert
bank employees foiled his attempt.
Margao police sources informed that one Santimano Robert Moraes, a
Cuncolim resident, entered the Margao branch of the State Bank of
Mysore today afternoon. He was wearing a mask and carrying a .22
caliber pistol.
The masked man fired two rounds in an attempt to terrorise the bank
employees so as to rob the bank, and damaged bank property. Mirror of a
cabin of the bank was damaged in firing. There was no watchman in the
bank, the sources said.
The armed bank robber attacked bank employees and injured the bank
manager, Mr Herald Sequeira and the cashier, Mr Andrew Agnelo Mendes.
The cashier has been admitted to the Goa Medical College, Bambolim with
injuries on his face, while the bank manager was inflicted with leg
injuries, the sources informed.
However, the bank robber was overpowered by the bank employees and
handed him over to the Margao police. The police said that Moraes is
being interrogated to get the real reason of the robbery bid.
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Regards,
Carlos
