Hyderabad, September 17: Two persons, who made a vain bid to rob a nationalised bank at Nagasamudram in the neighbouring Ranga Reddy district, were arrested on Tuesday. They were arrested with the help of the images captured by the closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) installed in the bank.
The attempt was made at the Nagasamudram branch of State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) on Sunday night. The thieves made their entry into the bank by removing the AC but could not grab any cash as they were unable to open the lockers or the safe.
The two, K Ramulu and U Srinivas, however, were not aware of the surveillance cameras, Dharur police sub-inspector Upender said.
Police went through the CCTV images and summoned village youth who identified the two accused.
“The accused, both in their early 20s, are firsttime offenders. They rear sheep and work as labourers. They thought that they’d get rich overnight by robbing a bank,” Upender said.
-Agencies