Man tries to rob Kolkata bank with toy gun, arrested

The bank manager and customers caught him from behind after realising that he was holding a toy gun, the officer said.

Kolkata: A 31-year-old man was arrested in Kolkata’s Survey Park area after he was caught while allegedly attempting to rob a bank using a toy gun, police said on Saturday.

Dalim Basu, an employee of the Department of Post, went to the nationalised bank around 3 pm on Friday and showed the toy gun, asking the customers and the bankers to hand him everything they had, a police officer said.

Basu, himself a customer of the bank, was under stress for failing to repay his home loan and meet other expenses, he said.

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The bank manager and customers caught him from behind after realising that he was holding a toy gun, the officer said.

He was handed over to the police and subsequently arrested.

Besides the toy gun, a knife was recovered from his possession, police said.

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