In a brazen daylight robbery on Monday afternoon, a gang of armed robbers targeted the State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Varachha, Surat, Gujarat, stealing ₹52 lakh (approximately $62,500 USD) in cash. The incident occurred around 1:11 PM, when five to six assailants entered the bank posing as customers. They threatened the staff and six customers at gunpoint, holding them hostage while they executed the robbery. The gang disabled the bank's alarm system and confiscated mobile phones from both employees and customers to prevent any alerts to law enforcement. After stealing ₹12 lakh from the cash counter, they took an additional ₹40 lakh that had been delivered by cash agents earlier that day. The robbers fled the scene on sports bikes. Police have sealed all entry and exit points in Surat and are analyzing CCTV footage to identify the suspects, whose faces are clearly visible. The investigation is ongoing, with police coordinating with officials from other states to track down the gang members.