Chennai, February 23rd
Five persons supposed to have executed the armed bank robberies that recently shook the city were killed here in a police encounter in the early hours of Thursday. The culprits has decamped with cash Bank of Baroda , Perungudi,and Indian Overseas Bank, Keelkattalai in the city recently.Acting on a clue from a person, who had seen the CCTV camera capture of one of the suspects that was released on Wednesday, the police raided a Housing Board colony on Rajaji Street in Velachery around 1 a.m. on Thursday.Joint Commissioner of Police (South) Shanmugarajeshwaran said that there was a brief exchange of fire. A 14-member police team divided into two groups and fired through the windows of the one- Hospital. The victims were taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital for post-mortem. bedroom apartment, he said.The police finally managed to get in through the main door. Two policemen, Ravi and Christian Jayasil, were injured in the exchange .All the five suspects, estimated to be around 30-35 years old, were killed. They are all believed to be from Bihar. A West Bengal driving licence was recovered. The victims have been identified as Vinod Kumar, Chandri Khare, Vinay Prasad, Abhay Kumar, and Harish Kumar.Inside their room, two bags containing cash were found. The bags also contained five pistols and two revolvers, according to reports
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