Desire for quick buck drove painter to hatch bank heist conspiracy

The key conspirator of the multi-crore heist at Indian Overseas Bank's Chinhat branch in Lucknow was arrested from Zamania area of east UP's Ghazipur district adjoining the Bihar border on Wednesday, said police on Thursday.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW:

Surprisingly, the Ghazipur police failed to recover any of the stolen valuables from the accused, Vipin Kumar Verma, 22, who hails from Sitapur, but was living in a rented accommodation in Takrohi locality near the bank, where he along with six criminals of Bihar executed the burglary on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The burglars made a hole in the wall using electronic cutters and fled with the booty worth crores.