Thieves dig 25-foot tunnel, rob 30 Bank of Baroda lockers in Maharashtra Robbers dug a 25-feet tunnel to sneak into the Bank of Baroda's Juinagar Branch in Navi Mumbai and reportedly escaped with Rs 1 crore in cash and valuables
Bank of baroda robbery : Human ingenuity, people say, has no limits. Add greed to it, however, and the results can be quite shocking, as people in a Navi Mumbai neighbourhood found out when a group of robbers executed a robbery straight out of the movies at a bank branch. Robbers dug a 25-foot tunnel to sneak into the Bank of Baroda's Juinagar Branch in Navi Mumbai and reportedly escaped with Rs 1 crore in cash and valuables from at least 30 safe boxes, police said on Monday. According to a police official, the Hollywood film-style robbery may have taken place during the weekend holiday but came to light when the branch opened on Monday morning. Investigators said the tunnel was dug from an adjoining shop outside the bank's store room, which houses private lockers rented out to people for safekeeping of valuable and documents. However, the robbers could not break open the main safe housing the bank's cash reserves. The robbery - reminiscent of the British-Hollywood flick The Bank Job created a sensation and hundreds of locals gathered there to see the unfolding drama.