Over Rs 10. 34 million stolen from Nabil Bank in Birgunj

More than Rs 10. 34 million has been stolen from the branch of Nabil Bank in Birgunj.

District Police Office, Parsa spokesperson DSP Kumar Bikram Thapa said that more than Rs 10. 34 was stolen from the branch of Nabil Bank at Bypass Road on Sunday night.

The security guard informed branch manager Pawan Paudel when he saw a new bolt in the main gate of the bank at around 8:30 am on Monday, according to him.

After Paudel informed police, a police team broke into the bank after breaking the new padlock of the main gate and found that around Rs 10. 34 was stolen from the bank, DSP Thapa informed.

“The thieves had stolen the money by cutting the box with a welding machine. There was even more money in the bank’s vault. But the vault is safe,” he said.

Thapa said that no one stays at the bank for security during the night time.

He said that the thieves took the opportunity of the same thing and made off with the cash.

In the video recorded in the CCTV camera, a group of four to five persons were seen entering the bank by breaking the lock of the main gate and decamping with the money of the box by putting it in a sack, Thapa said.

Following the incident, the bank’s branch manager filed a complaint at the District Police Office, Parsa on Tuesday, he said.

The Nabil Bank’s branch was established at the Bypass Road on June 1, 2023.