Lok Sabha Question No. 2847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: Looting of Banks/Cash Vans
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT  OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2847

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  AUGUST  2018/ SHRAVANA  12, 1940  (SAKA) Looting of Banks/Cash Vans

## †2847. SHRI ALOK  SANJAR:

Will  the Minister  of FINANCE  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the incidents  of looting  of banks/cash  vans in various  parts of the country  have increased  during  the last five years  and the current  year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details   thereof   along   with   the  total   amount   of  money   looted during  the said period,  bank,  year,  State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the Reserve  Bank of India (RBI) has issued any  guidelines  to the banks in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details  thereof;  and
- (e) the steps proposed  to be taken  by  the Government  to strengthen  security in banks/cash  vans to  check  the occurrences  of such looting  cases in future?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry  of Finance (SHRI SHIV PRATAP  SHUKLA)

- (a)  and  (b):  Reserve   Bank of  India  (RBI)  has  informed   that   it  does  not  have specific  information   on  looting   of  bank/cash   vans.  Year-wise   details   on  the number   of  incidents   and  amount   involved   in  respect   of  burglary, robbery, dacoity,  theft  reported  by  banks,  during  the last five financial  years  and the first quarter of the current financial year are at Annexure-I (bank-wise)   and Annexure-II  (year-wise)  respectively.

(c) to (e): RBI has informed  that  it has advised banks  to review  and strengthen the security  arrangement  in their  branches  and ATMs  to deal with  instances  of robbery,  etc. and for dealing  with  risk  perceptions  emerging  from  such incidents. These  include   coverage   of  branch/ATM by   CCTVs   and  ensuring   adequate training  of security  staff. In addition,  RBI has also been forwarding  suggestions for improvement,  received  from police  authorities  in this regard,  to banks,  for consideration  and adoption.

## Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question  No. †2847 for  3.8.2018,  regarding  'Looting of Banks/Cash Vans' Details of number  of incidents and amount  involved  in respect of burglary,  robbery,  dacoity, theft

## Annexure-I

| Bank                         | 2013-14             | 2013-14                     | 2014-15             | 2014-15                     | 2015-16             | 2015-16                     | 2016-17             | 2016-17                     | 2017-18             | 2017-18                     | April2018- June 2018   | April2018- June 2018        |
|------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Bank                         | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents    | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. |
| AllahabadBank                | 6                   | 79.94                       | 11                  | 35.51                       | 14                  | 80.53                       | 18                  | 63.17                       | 13                  | 159.00                      | 1                      | 3.00                        |
| AmericanExpress BankingCorp. |                     |                             | 2                   | 0.80                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| Andhra Bank                  | 2                   | 2.35                        | 9                   | 0.00                        | 29                  | 198.33                      | 15                  | 30.26                       | 31                  | 15.00                       | 8                      | 104.00                      |
| AUSmallFinanceBank           |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             | 1                   | 0.00                        | 1                      | 0.00                        |
| AxisBank Ltd.                | 12                  | 698.20                      | 14                  | 117.68                      | 27                  | 538.96                      | 33                  | 827.56                      | 39                  | 1,199.00                    | 8                      | 143.00                      |
| BandhanBank Ltd.             |                     |                             | 0                   | 0.00                        | 54                  | 24.00                       | 283                 | 62.39                       | 276                 | 189.00                      | 76                     | 47.00                       |
| Bank ofAmerica,National      |                     |                             | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 1.02                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| Association Bank ofBaroda    | 46                  | 7.49                        | 82                  | 1,095.71                    | 67                  | 113.93                      | 39                  | 178.43                      | 29                  | 186.00                      | 12                     | 4.00                        |
| Bank ofIndia                 | 18                  | 24.21                       | 27                  | 10.18                       | 25                  | 46.85                       | 22                  | 204.19                      | 12                  | 0.00                        | 8                      | 803.00                      |
| Bank ofMaharashtra           | 5                   | 4.87                        | 26                  | 38.51                       | 84                  | 211.50                      | 18                  | 14.64                       | 17                  | 134.11                      | 17                     | 2.00                        |
| BharatiyaMahilaBank Ltd.     |                     |                             | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 2                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| CanaraBank                   | 6                   | 142.18                      | 9                   | 107.58                      | 14                  | 226.01                      | 12                  | 307.62                      | 12                  | 74.00                       | 2                      | 5.00                        |
| CapitalLocalAreaBank Ltd.    | 1                   | 4.50                        |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             |                        |                             |
| CatholicSyrianBank Ltd.      | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 0.00                        | 1                      | 0.00                        |
| CentralBank ofIndia          | 20                  | 21.28                       | 11                  | 19.18                       | 15                  | 216.47                      | 20                  | 60.26                       | 36                  | 12.59                       | 6                      | 12.03                       |
| CitibankN.A.                 | 4                   | 5.26                        | 2                   | 155.54                      | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 0.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| CityUnionBank Ltd.           |                     |                             | 1                   | 470.00                      | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| Corporation Bank             | 3                   | 24.49                       | 7                   | 21.45                       | 8                   | 82.72                       | 4                   | 18.92                       | 1                   | 9.00                        | 1                      | 0.00                        |
| DCBBank Ltd.                 | 1                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| DenaBank                     | 14                  | 20.41                       | 10                  | 0.00                        | 7                   | 0.01                        | 8                   | 3.31                        | 16                  | 12.48                       | 1                      | 0.00                        |
| DeutscheBank (Asia)          |                     |                             | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| DevelopmentCreditBank        |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             | 2                   | 8.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| DhanlaxmiBank Limited        |                     |                             | 0                   | 0.00                        | 6                   | 0.00                        | 4                   | 3.83                        | 1                   | 2.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| EquitasSmallFinanceBank      |                     |                             | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 2                   | 0.77                        | 12                  | 8.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| FederalBank Ltd.             | 4                   | 2.80                        |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             |                        |                             |
| FincareSmallFinanceBank      |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             | 4                   | 2.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| FinoPaymentsBank Limited     |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             |                     |                             | 5                   | 3.00                        | 0                      | 0.00                        |
| HDFCBank Ltd.                | 6                   | 20.24                       | 12                  | 360.37                      | 33                  | 205.03                      | 22                  | 456.09                      | 26                  | 215.00                      | 10                     | 53.00                       |
| ICICIBank Ltd.               | 13                  | 92.38                       | 31                  | 327.56                      | 37                  | 280.56                      | 35                  | 1117.35                     | 41                  | 982.00                      | 17                     | 390.00                      |
| IDBI Bank Limited            | 3                   | 367.65                      | 2                   | 0.00                        | 4                   | 0.00                        | 7                   | 17.50                       | 3                   | 1.00                        | 3                      | 6.00                        |

| IndianBank                  | 10   | 44.99    | 6   | 27.00    | 10   | 115.55   | 13    | 3.10     | 15   | 22.00    | 2   | 16.00    |
|-----------------------------|------|----------|-----|----------|------|----------|-------|----------|------|----------|-----|----------|
| IndianOverseasBank          | 20   | 12.88    | 33  | 1.13     | 25   | 24.23    | 24    | 54.56    | 38   | 34.00    | 4   | 21.00    |
| IndusIndBank Ltd.           | 3    | 0.74     | 2   | 6.61     | 4    | 35.97    | 4     | 18.07    | 9    | 58.00    | 5   | 19.00    |
| INGVysyaBankLtd.            |      |          | 1   | 0.00     | 1    | 0.00     | 0     | 0.00     | 0    | 0.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| Jammu&KashmirBank Ltd.      | 13   | 52.61    | 6   | 13.21    | 18   | 11.04    | 29    | 130.80   | 26   | 52.00    | 3   | 5.00     |
| KarnatakaBank Ltd.          | 1    | 0.00     | 6   | 302.53   | 6    | 0.15     | 4     | 21.73    | 1    | 0.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| KarurVysyaBankLtd.          | 0    | 0.00     | 4   | 0.00     | 4    | 0.00     | 4     | 0.00     | 0    | 0.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| KotakMahindraBank Ltd.      | 2    | 1.20     | 2   | 0.00     | 7    | 92.18    | 19    | 49.26    | 27   | 46.00    | 8   | 8.00     |
| KrishnaBhimaSamruddhiLab    |      |          | 0   | 0.00     | 0    | 0.00     | 0     | 0.00     | 0    | 0.00     | 1   | 0.00     |
| LakshmiVilasBank Ltd.       |      |          | 1   | 0.00     | 0    | 0.00     | 0     | 0.00     | 1    | 1.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| NainitalBank Ltd.           | 2    | 0.00     | 2   | 0.00     | 2    | 0.15     | 0     | 0.00     | 0    | 0.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| NorthEast SmallFinanceBank  |      |          |     |          |      |          |       |          | 1    | 1.00     | 2   | 1.00     |
| OrientalBank ofCommerce     | 28   | 32.75    | 36  | 2.66     | 43   | 14.03    | 43    | 191.81   | 6    | 4.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| Punjab&SindBank             | 17   | 5.03     | 29  | 8.45     | 22   | 19.58    | 20    | 6.76     | 14   | 6.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| PunjabNationalBank          | 36   | 515.74   | 27  | 257.28   | 24   | 266.66   | 30    | 377.20   | 15   | 113.00   | 3   | 29.00    |
| RatnakarBank Ltd.           | 1    | 0.00     | -   | -        | -    | -        | -     | -        | 1    | 8.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| SouthIndianBank Ltd.        | 14   | 0.00     | 8   | 0.10     | 10   | 0.00     | 17    | 2.00     | 14   | 7.00     | 3   | 0.00     |
| StandardCharteredBank       | 1    | 1.21     | 0   | 0.00     | 6    | 27.24    | 1     | 11.54    | 6    | 76.00    | 2   | 14.00    |
| StateBank ofBikaner&Jaipur  | 27   | 53.90    | 34  | 150.04   | 70   | 70.21    | 27    | 30.71    | -    | -        | 0   | 0.00     |
| StateBank ofHyderabad       | 2    | 60.01    | 0   | 0.00     | 3    | 154.76   | 5     | 55.00    | -    | -        | 0   | 0.00     |
| StateBank ofIndia           | 119  | 589.18   | 131 | 854.06   | 98   | 564.20   | 105   | 1,583.16 | 132  | 494.00   | 25  | 109.00   |
| StateBank ofMysore          | 8    | 13.31    | 8   | 313.42   | 12   | 95.56    | 6     | 15.29    | -    | -        | -   | -        |
| StateBank ofPatiala         | 42   | 173.53   | 28  | 40.35    | 40   | 41.66    | 30    | 25.36    | -    | -        | -   | -        |
| StateBank ofTravancore      | 10   | 0.44     | 8   | 1.79     | 20   | 0.00     | 10    | 0.19     | -    | -        | -   | -        |
| SuryadayaSmallFinanceBank   |      |          |     |          |      |          |       |          | 3    | 0.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| SyndicateBank               | 29   | 18.61    | 31  | 74.22    | 21   | 29.42    | 14    | 13.70    | 4    | 30.00    | 1   | 4.00     |
| TamilnadMercantileBank Ltd. | 2    | 13.02    | 2   | 15.00    | 0    | 0.00     | 3     | 0.50     | -    | -        | 1   | 8.00     |
| UCOBank                     | 11   | 208.92   | 7   | 53.06    | 12   | 131.08   | 10    | 316.36   | 8    | 88.00    | 3   | 14.00    |
| UjjivanSmallFinanceBank     |      |          |     |          |      |          |       |          | 7    | 19.00    | 11  | 14.00    |
| UnionBank ofIndia           | 12   | 15.00    | 14  | 152.88   | 26   | 35.24    | 29    | 124.35   | 49   | 62.00    | 10  | 36.57    |
| UnitedBank ofIndia          | 8    | 103.31   | 5   | 59.57    | 6    | 35.45    | 9     | 125.73   | 4    | 94.00    | 1   | 7.00     |
| UtkarshSmallFinanceBank     |      |          |     |          |      |          |       |          | 2    | 5.00     | 1   | 4.00     |
| VijayaBank                  | 5    | 0.00     | 11  | 78.59    | 7    | 19.98    | 9     | 6.00     | 7    | 11.00    | 3   | 3.00     |
| Yes Bank Ltd.               |      |          | 0   | 0.00     | 0    | 0.00     | 1     | 0.62     | 3    | 7.00     | 0   | 0.00     |
| Total                       | 587  | 3,434.63 | 698 | 5,172.02 | 922  | 4,010.26 | 1,012 | 6,530.09 | 972  | 4,449.18 | 261 | 1,884.60 |

Source:  Reserve  Bank of  India.

## Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question  No. †2847 for  3.8.2018,  regarding  'Looting of Banks / Cash Vans'

## Annexure-II

| State/ Union territory   | 2013-14             | 2013-14                     | 2014-15             | 2014-15                     | 2015-16             | 2015-16                     | 2016-17             | 2016-17                     | 2017-18             | 2017-18                     | April2018-          | June 2018                   |
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
| State/ Union territory   | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. | Number of Incidents | Amount Involved in lakh Rs. |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 30                  | 58.57                       | 29                  | 13.80                       | 46                  | 387.34                      | 38                  | 1158.71                     | 5                   | 22.00                       | 3                   | 1.00                        |
| ArunachalPradesh         | 1                   | 66.00                       | 1                   | 42.16                       | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        |
| Assam                    | 12                  | 125.31                      | 33                  | 395.47                      | 28                  | 388.31                      | 50                  | 163.97                      | 39                  | 94.30                       | 12                  | 7.00                        |
| Bihar                    | 25                  | 386.53                      | 26                  | 332.81                      | 23                  | 112.98                      | 119                 | 308.87                      | 147                 | 335.00                      | 43                  | 65.41                       |
| Chandigarh               | 6                   | 173.40                      | 5                   | 6.18                        | 3                   | 134.00                      | 1                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 133.00                      |                     |                             |
| Chhattisgarh             | 10                  | 1.21                        | 21                  | 55.68                       | 21                  | 127.67                      | 13                  | 69.45                       | 13                  | 63.00                       | 5                   | 15.00                       |
| Daman&Diu                | 1                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        |
| Delhi                    | 25                  | 158.65                      | 25                  | 218.91                      | 31                  | 95.11                       | 31                  | 608.89                      | 53                  | 225.00                      | 8                   | 33.00                       |
| Goa                      | 3                   | 0.00                        | 3                   | 1.25                        | 1                   | 12.10                       | 1                   | 0.00                        | 5                   | 35.00                       |                     |                             |
| Gujarat                  | 29                  | 43.44                       | 25                  | 5.58                        | 44                  | 157.76                      | 46                  | 175.15                      | 51                  | 189.11                      | 6                   | 171.00                      |
| Haryana                  | 36                  | 134.26                      | 50                  | 140.42                      | 58                  | 116.58                      | 70                  | 402.98                      | 49                  | 334.00                      | 11                  | 44.00                       |
| HimachalPradesh          | 5                   | 24.51                       | 11                  | 101.45                      | 5                   | 5.13                        | 13                  | 118.05                      | 8                   | 0.00                        | 2                   | 0.00                        |
| Jammu&Kashmir            | 12                  | 38.87                       | 6                   | 13.21                       | 18                  | 11.04                       | 38                  | 200.39                      | 32                  | 87.00                       | 3                   | 5.00                        |
| Jharkhand                | 12                  | 35.46                       | 22                  | 39.03                       | 19                  | 40.75                       | 31                  | 158.76                      | 29                  | 222.00                      | 10                  | 61.00                       |
| Karnataka                | 30                  | 185.88                      | 28                  | 640.22                      | 47                  | 406.18                      | 25                  | 98.85                       | 29                  | 938.00                      | 6                   | 84.00                       |
| Kerala                   | 14                  | 0.00                        | 10                  | 10.24                       | 23                  | 5.98                        | 14                  | 29.19                       | 6                   | 13.00                       | 3                   | 0.00                        |
| MadhyaPradesh            | 30                  | 75.18                       | 40                  | 95.06                       | 62                  | 153.48                      | 35                  | 51.34                       | 51                  | 99.00                       | 13                  | 16.00                       |
| Maharashtra              | 39                  | 864.52                      | 62                  | 526.09                      | 95                  | 288.34                      | 64                  | 1,017.75                    | 76                  | 781.00                      | 42                  | 142.00                      |
| Manipur                  | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 18.02                       | 2                   | 265.24                      | 2                   | 25.00                       | 1                   | 0.00                        |
| Meghalaya                | 0                   | 0.00                        | 7                   | 80.38                       | 2                   | 8.36                        | 2                   | 12.75                       | 1                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        |
| Mizoram                  | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 0.00                        |
| Nagaland                 | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 24.90                       | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 14.00                       | 0                   | 0.00                        |
| Odisha                   | 13                  | 126.53                      | 28                  | 58.78                       | 19                  | 150.21                      | 61                  | 581.31                      | 47                  | 48.00                       | 16                  | 196.00                      |
| Puduchery                | 1                   | 10.62                       | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        |
| Punjab                   | 81                  | 299.04                      | 77                  | 213.12                      | 78                  | 278.77                      | 70                  | 214.95                      | 56                  | 247.48                      | 6                   | 7.00                        |
| Rajasthan                | 56                  | 97.05                       | 69                  | 244.32                      | 117                 | 200.61                      | 47                  | 78.09                       | 26                  | 75.00                       | 10                  | 18.00                       |
| Tamil Nadu               | 22                  | 25.13                       | 26                  | 1,454.24                    | 29                  | 104.21                      | 23                  | 79.95                       | 20                  | 26.00                       | 7                   | 824.00                      |
| Telangana                | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 1                   | 0.00                        | 19                  | 9.00                        | 2                   | 5.00                        |
| Tripura                  | 1                   | 1.25                        | 1                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 2                   | 0.32                        | 4                   | 6.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        |
| UttarPradesh             | 58                  | 143.66                      | 61                  | 223.37                      | 89                  | 544.73                      | 98                  | 535.70                      | 85                  | 209.29                      | 21                  | 97.00                       |
| Uttarakhand              | 7                   | 30.98                       | 8                   | 24.47                       | 7                   | 6.85                        | 12                  | 31.85                       | 11                  | 45.00                       | 4                   | 48.16                       |
| WestBengal               | 28                  | 328.58                      | 23                  | 210.88                      | 56                  | 255.75                      | 105                 | 167.58                      | 105                 | 174.00                      | 26                  | 45.03                       |
| Total                    | 587                 | 3,434.63                    | 698                 | 5,172.02                    | 922                 | 4,010.26                    | 1,012               | 6,530.09                    | 972                 | 4,449.18                    | 261                 | 1,884.60                    |

## Details of number  of incidents and amount  involved  in respect of burglary,  robbery,  dacoity, theft

Source:  Reserve  Bank of  India.