Rs 6.84 lakh looted from Jharkhand bank

Ranchi, Aug 2 (IANS) Unidentified armed criminals looted Rs 6.84 lakh from a State Bank of India branch in Jharkhand's Giridih at gun point on Tuesday, police said.

According to police, eight men entered the SBI bank situated at Pachamba in Giridih, pretending to be customers before flashing guns at the staff and escaping with the money.

Police have launched an operation to arrest the criminals.

On Monday, Rs 2 lakh was looted from a bank in Bokaro district.