Bengaluru: After losing around Rs 35 Lakh by trading on the online platform and falling into the debt trap, a 28-year-old mechanical engineer decided to rob the bank to make money fast.
He succeeded in his mission on January 14 when he left with 1.8 kg of gold and 3.7 lakh Rs of cash from the bank in Madiwala after threatening the staff with a knife.
But he ran out of luck because the police tracked it and arrested him along with stolen booty.
The defendant was Dheeraj S, a resident of Kamakshipalya and private company employees.
The police said he used to get Rs 30,000 a month and lived with his brother and father.
He began investing his savings on the application-based trading platform in November 2020 and immediately borrowed from several people, including his family members, to pump more money.
But investments fell flat and he pushed himself into a debt trap.
That’s when he came with the idea of ​​robbing the bank, police said.
He began searching on the internet How to run a bank robbery.
But he only found the robbery made by the gang and how some of them were caught.
“He thinks of doing a hopeless robbery, will help him avoid the police dragnet,” said an officer.
Dheeraj decided to rob a bank far from her residence.
In December last year, he roamed throughout South Bengaluru, including Jayanagar, JP Nagar and surrounding areas, before concentrating into the bank located on the main road of Hosur in Madiwala.
The bank is close to the main road and does not have a security guard.
Dheeraj visited the bank at least four times in the first and second week of January and made a mental note from the manager’s room, a strong room and more.
20 minutes robbery on January 14, he arrived near the bank at 4 pm and climbed up, where there were several shops.
He fell around 17:30 when the bank manager and HAH, 38, and the cashier locked the main door.
Dheeraj took out the knife and threatened the manager and women with terrible consequences if they did not open the door.
Fear, the manager let him enter.
Knowing where the strong room, Dheeraj directing them to him and told them to open the safe.
When both watched helplessly, he collects cash and gold from the safe.
He then hastily left the bank and ride an autorickshaw.
The whole robbery happened in the span of about 20 minutes, between the hours of 5:40 pm and 6 pm.
“CCTV footage to help us keep track of Dheeraj.
From the bank, he travels to the bus terminal Banashankari and from there to the terminal KSRTC in Majestic.
There, she was riding the bus to Chikkamagaluru.
In Chikkamagaluru, he threw a small portion of gold.
She took a bus to Tarikere and go to Shivamogga.
After removing most of the gold, he returned to Bengaluru and the bus ride to Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh.
he sold most of the gold there before returning to the city, “said an investigating officer.
“He paid the loan is taken out of the six friends and trying to sell gold to avenge the seventh when we catch him.”