Man tries to break into UCO Bank in Shivpuri's Bairad, flees as police patrol siren sounds

An attempt to break into a UCO Bank branch has come to light in Bairad town of Shivpuri district. On the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, an unidentified youth reached the back of the bank with a crowbar and tried to get in by making a hole in the rear wall. The siren of a police patrol party was heard and he ran away. All of it was recorded on the bank's CCTV cameras.

According to the CCTV footage, the youth reached the back of the bank at about 3:47 am and began drilling into the wall with the crowbar. At about 3:50 am, a Bairad police station patrol party drove past the bank with its siren on. The youth fled as soon as he heard it. The footage shows him leaving at about 4:01 am.

When the bank opened on Wednesday morning, the management saw the hole in the wall and informed the police. A police team reached the spot, inspected it and examined the CCTV footage. Efforts are on to identify and trace the accused on the basis of the footage.

No security guard was posted at the bank. At night, its security depended on police patrolling and other arrangements.

Bairad police station in-charge Ravi Chauhan said an FIR has been registered against the unidentified accused on the complaint of the bank manager. A search for him has begun on the basis of the CCTV footage.