Militants loot ₹1.7 lakh from bank in J-K, take away guard’s rifle

Police said the gunmen snatched the 12-bore rifle of the bank’s private security guard before fleeing the place.

Two militants looted ₹1.7 lakh in cash from a bank and took away a 12-bore rifle from its guard in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said.

Security personnel in Bijbehara in Anantnag district of South Kashmir. (PTI File Photo)

The armed militants barged into the Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch at Srigufwara in Anantnag district this afternoon and looted ₹1.72 lakh at gunpoint, a police official said.

He said the gunmen also snatched the 12-bore rifle of the bank’s private security guard before fleeing the place.

Police have issued screen grabs from CCTV cameras showing the two militants and asked general public to help identify them.