LAKKI MARWAT
Unidentified gunmen robbed a state-run bank branch at Serai Gambilla on Wednesday, official sources said. They said that four masked men on two bikes arrived about 9am at the bank and held the staff hostage on gunpoint and collected Rs2.21 million and escaped the scene.
They added that the robbers snatched the gun from the watchman which they dumped at a little distance away from the bank.
Receiving information of the bank robbery, District Police Officer Shahzada Umar Abbas Babar along with police party reached the spot but the robbers had already fled the scene.
The case had not been registered till filing of the report. It may be added here that a godown of Waheed Khan was looted by unidentified thieves, taking away 50 cartons of ghee worth Rs300,000 on Monday night in Lakki City.
