Manipur, May 2 -- Five armed men looted the State Bank of India (SBI) branch located at K Salbung, Tuibong subdivision in Churachandpur district and got away with Rs 15 lakh in cash around 2 pm on Thursday.

As per a complaint report lodged at Churachandpur Police by the branch manager of the SBI Salbung Branch (64016), one of the individuals wore a bike helmet while the others wore face masks and a cap to conceal their identities.

Armed with pistols, they took all the money at gunpoint from the cash counter (Counter No 02), it stated. The bulk of the money belongs to SBI while a small portion of it belongs to the customers who had either come to withdraw or deposit money at the branch, it added.

It mentioned that they attempted to fire...