A robbery was attempted at the Nagaland State Co-operative Bank Ltd located at P.R Hill, Kohima early on Wednesday morning. During the attempt, a desk and computer of one of the staff was also completely burned down.

Nagaland Director General of Police (DGP) Rupin Sharma informed that there was a robbery attempt however, the culprit was not successful in breaking the vault.

A four-member SIT team has been constituted led by SDPO to investigate the case.

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As per Additional Superintendent of Police and PRO, T. Relo Aye, the police were alerted about the incident around 7:30am by one of the tenants of the same building.

“When the tenant, who runs a pharmacy at the same building came to open his shop he detected smoke and alerted the fire tenders who were able to put the fire under control,” said Aye.

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The culprit also destroyed the CCTV cameras installed at the bank however, the hard disk was retrieved by the police.

As per the CCTV footage, the culprit is seen fully masked and attempting to break the vault. It is learnt that the bank had around Rupees one crore in the vault.

Although, the CCTV footage shows only one person, Aye said it is too early to conclude that there was only one person adding that, the culprit must have been familiar with the bank.

The team is examining the CCTV footage retrieved from the bank and from the vicinity, said Aye.

Aye, also urged the business establishments to install CCTV cameras in their shops as it helps the police in their investigation.

An FIR has been lodged at the South Police Station, Kohima.