A Manager of a nationalised bank has been arrested by the Virar police for the alleged attempted robbery at ICICI Bank at Virar East on Thursday evening and for the murder of the woman branch manager. 

The police said the accused, who was earlier the manager of this bank, entered with a knife and his face covered with a mask. The police said while escaping with cash and gold jewellery, a woman bank manager and woman cashier tried to stop him, during which he stabbed both of them. The woman bank manager died in hospital during treatment, while the cashier has been seriously injured.