Kathmandu. A group of masked robbers robbed the branch of Nepal SBI Bank at Ghyanglekh Rural Municipality-2 in Sindhuli district.

A group of 6-7 masked robbers in a Tata Sumo beat up the security guards of the bank at gunpoint with pistols and khukuris and looted crores of rupees.

According to locals, the robbers fled into the forest after the robbery.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Laldhwaj Subedi, police have arrested a person involved in bank robbery. SP Subedi said that investigation is underway into the matter and the masked group who fled after looting the bank is being unearthed.