Ranchi SP (rural) A V Minz said, "Grameen banks, particularly those in rural areas, have poor security mechanisms and do not have CCTV cameras installed in the building. ![]() The bank did not have any CCTV cameras, the police claimed. Later, the police found the involvement of some local criminals in the incident and the case was solved. In June, another Jharkhand Gramin Bank was looted in Ranchi's Chutupalu by a group of five masked dacoits, who escaped with Rs 7.66 cash. A group of criminals arrived masked and took the staff in the bank hostage at gun point and ran away with the looted money. The bank was situated in a market place and well within the city. In September, three persons had looted Rs 4 lakh in cash and jewellery from Rainbow Creative Society in Doranda. Three masked criminals barged into Jharkhand Gramin Bank at Balalong area of Nagri and sped away on motorcycles after looting Rs 9.8 lakh at gun point. SBI AGM (PR) of Patna circle Umesh Mishra said: "Guards from private agency or local police are in place to keep a check on crime at the places where internal security guards of SBI are not deployed." A group of three persons with few arms recently looted a rural bank in Ranchi's Nagri locality. Higher officials in SBI said that the bank deploys enough security personnel at every bank branch. ![]() Security advisor of SBI Ranchi Captain Sanjay Das also did not talk on the issue saying that it was a security matter. "A police personnel from Lalpur police station keeps guard here," he said. While Amit Chaudhary, manager of SBI Lalpur branch, refused to talk to TOI, another employee was little more forthcoming about the issue of security at financial centres.
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