Police SI turns out to be the mastermind in SBI Bank Robbery in Jalgaon Maharashtra

Four robbers robbed a total of 27 kg of gold and 12.5 lakh rupees in cash at gunpoint and opened fire at the State Bank in Bhokar village in Jalgaon. The police have arrested all four robbers along with the stolen gold and cash. The mastermind of this incident was a suspended police sub-inspector. Notably, this police sub-inspector had planned this bank robbery from jail.

According to the information given by the police, in 2023, a police sub-inspector named Shankar Jasak was found guilty of committing a bank robbery along with his colleague under Shanipeth police station in Jalgaon city. Due to this, the police department took action and dismissed him from the police force. Notably, since then he had been in jail, during which time he grew close to Gajanan Pawar, an accused in a serious crime like murder, in jail. Due to this, they hatched a plot to rob a bank from jail.

According to this plot, both accused, with the help of two other accomplices, Ankush Chavan and Shravan Chavan, tried to rob the State Bank in Bhokar village and succeeded. However, due to the vigilance of the employee, the courage of the villagers and the police blockade, all four accused could not leave the village. The police chased the accused and arrested them along with the material.

The State Bank branch in Bhokar, Jalgaon district, was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight.

During the robbery, the robbers beat up the bank manager and the cashier. After that, they tied both of them to a chair. Other employees of the bank were also held at gunpoint and kept under terror.

The bank employees, villagers and the police chased the robbers and succeeded in arresting four robbers along with the valuables. Minister Gulabrao Patil inspected the bank where the robbery took place.

At around 3 pm, some robbers entered the State Bank branch in Bhokar in the taluka. They threatened the employees present and looted the cash. Within a few moments, they fled from there with the cash. Meanwhile, on getting information about the incident, the villagers started chasing the robbers.