KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 10 - A vehicle carrying Rs. 23.1 million of Nabil Bank, heading from Mahendranagar to Dhangadi, was robbed by unidentified masked men today.The heist took place at Malakheti-3, Chaukidanda along the Mahendranagar-Attaria road section when the vehicle was ferrying the cash from Mahendranagar branch of Nabil Bank to Nepal Rastra Bank's branch in Dhangadi.
According to police, four armed people dressed as traffic policemen stopped the vehicle mid-way and took control of the bank employees before making off with the cash. Police said the robbers had absconded with the money after taking the vehicle some three kilometers into the forest from the road.
The four employees of the bank were found at Kaluwapur in Kanchanpur, all in a blindfolded state. DIG of the Far Western Region Narayan Bastakoti has informed that police personnel have been deployed extensively around the region where the heist took place. (#Source: ImageKhabar.com)
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