3 Robbers Shot Dead In Assam's Kokrajhar As Police Stop Bank Heist

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has praised the police for their actions, and for helping prevent a bank robbery

Three alleged bank robbers were shot dead by police in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Sunday after an attempted robbery went wrong. They were 800 metres from their target - an Allahabad Bank branch in Bhotgaon village, which is about six km from Kokrajhar town - when they were intercepted by a police team acting on a tip. A police statement said the gunfight with the alleged robbers occurred at Chengmari near Bhotgaon at 2.30 am on August 22, and that they opened fire only after they were fired upon. After the firing stopped police launched a combing operation and found the three alleged robbers had been critically injured. Two-three others managed to escape, the police said.