'Human bomb' loots bank in Haryana

CHANDIGARH: Saying he was a human bomb with explosive strapped to his body, a youth in his mid-twenties walked away with Rs 27,000 from a State Bank of India branch at Pinjore, 20 km from Chandigarh.

The youth walked up to the bank in-charge Subhash Jindal Monday afternoon and shocked him by saying he was a human bomb. He demanded all the cash be handed over to him failing which his accomplices would blow him up.

Jindal told police the bearded youth even lifted his T-shirt to show he was carrying explosives on his body😆. He said the youth had strapped several batteries and other things on his body that looked like a bomb-strapped vest.

The youth, after scooping up Rs.27,000, escaped from the bank in an old scooter parked outside.

Bank staff informed police that the youth fled towards Kalka, adjoining Haryana's border with Himachal Pradesh.

The bank branch is located at the famous picnic spot of Yadvindra Gardens, built during the time of Mughal emperor Jehangir.

Many tourists are generally present in the area but the broad daylight robbery has put a question mark over the security of the place.

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