Mangaluru, Dec 5: The presence of mind of a manager on thwarted a major robbery bid at a finance firm in the city. However, the five member gang of robbers managed to escape.
Muthoottu Mini Finance at Kulai here was targeted by the robbers armed with pistol on Saturday.
It is learnt that the gang came in a Maruti Omni and parked the vehicle on the other side of the highway. Initially, three robbers from the car entered the finance firm and threatened the staff with pistol. Within a few seconds two more robbers with pistols in hand joined them.
However, an alert manager immediately activated the emergency siren, which left the robbers in shock.
The robbers, who knew that it would take at least a couple of minutes to rob the cash and valuables, decided to run away before anyone could catch them.
In hurry, the footwear of one of the robbers was left behind on the premises of the firm.
Soon fingers print experts were pressed into action and dog squad also was called in.
A case has been registered at Suratkal police station and investigations are on. Police have collected the CCTV footage from the firm and nearby buildings.
It is said that two among the five robbers had visited the same finance firm on Friday pretending to be customers and spent some time there.
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