US EditionMasked as RBI Officials, Gang Pulls Off Rs 7 Crore Daylight Heist in Bengaluru
Seven to eight suspects impersonated Income Tax and Reserve Bank of India officials to steal Rs 7.11 crore by intercepting an ATM cash van in broad daylight, police said.
- On Wednesday, police say a gang intercepted a CMS Logistics cash van near the Ashoka pillar around noon, posing as Income Tax and RBI officials to seize about Rs 7 crore loaded from HDFC Bank's J.P. Nagar branch.
- Impersenating central authorities, the suspects used a white Toyota Innova with a fake number plate and 'Govt of India' marking to stop the cash van, police say.
- Approximately 5 to 6 men alighted from the white Innova claiming to be RBI officials, forced custodian Aftab, gunmen Rajanna and Tammayya into the vehicle, transferred Rs 7.11 crore into another vehicle, then fled.
- City police mounted a widescale response and formed five special police teams, launching a massive manhunt with nakabandi, analysing over 50 CCTV recordings, and dispatching teams toward Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh after the Innova was last seen near Avalahalli.
- Investigators are probing why armed security staff in the van did not resist and why IDs were unverified, while company technicians checked the van's DVR and police interrogate Binod Kumar, van driver.
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Masked as RBI officials, gang pulls off Rs 7 crore daylight heist in Bengaluru
The robbery took place at a flyover between an HDFC Bank in JP Nagar and HBR Layout, when a van owned by CMS Info Systems was moving cash in three boxes. The heist involved an MUV, two hatchbacks and the CMS-run armoured van
Bengaluru ATM cash van heist: Gang posing as tax officials loots over Rs 7 crore in broad daylight
A CCTV footage from near the Ashoka Pillar in Bengaluru shows a CMS cash van being followed by a Toyota Innova car just before the vehicle was intercepted by a gang of robbers. The same spot is believed to be where the Innova moved ahead and blocked the van, setting the stage for a meticulously planned heist. Rs 7.11 crore robbery from CMS cash van in Bengaluru A complaint has been registered with Siddapura police station regarding a major cash …
Men posing as govt officials intercept car, flee with Rs 7 Cr in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Unidentified men posing as central government officials intercepted a cash van here and allegedly fled with about Rs 7 crore on Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred near Ashoka Pillar when the vehicle was transporting cash from a bank branch in JP Nagar. Preliminary investigation revealed that a group of men arrived in a car carrying a Government of India sticker and stopped the cash vehicle, claiming that they wanted to veri…
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