Chennai: Five people were killed in an encounter with the police when they allegedly attempted to rob a bank. Two policemen were also injured in the incident that took place at 1 am on Wednesday night.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team surrounded a house in Vandikaran Street in Velachery around 1 am and asked the suspects to come out, a police officer said. The accused opened fire at the police injuring two inspectors.
Authorities say the same gang has robbed other banks across the city.
A branch of the Indian Overseas Bank was robbed at gunpoint few days back and police are probing if this gang was responsible for it.
On February 20, four armed men looted Rs 14 lakh from a branch of public sector Indian Overseas Bank at Keelkattalai on city outskirts.
In a similar incident on January 23, four armed men stormed the Bank of Baroda branch near Perungudi and escaped with Rs 19 lakh.
With Additional Inputs from PTI
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