Imphal, Dec 1: Robbers looted Rs 18.85 crore from a Punjab National Bank in Manipur’s Ukhrul town on Thursday.

The PNB, situated in Viewland-I, one of the main bazaars of Ukhrul town, was looted at around 5:40 p.m. on Thursday by around ten unidentified masked men carrying sophisticated weapons.

No arrest has been made so far by the local authority.

The Punjab National Bank was formerly known as the United Bank of India and was converted to PNB recently.

This is the first time such an incident of bank robbery has happened in Ukhrul town.

Ukhrul Police has begun a probe into one of the biggest bank robberies in recent memory.

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