Unknown miscreants pulled off a shocking heist in Bengaluru on Wednesday — stealing Rs 7.11 crore from an ATM currency filing van and kidnapping the staff. The vehicle had been transporting money to an HDFC Bank outlet when a group of armed men blocked their way with a car.
“Posing as Income Tax and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials, the suspects said they needed to verify the documents for carrying such huge cash without permission,” an official told The Indian Express.
Officials said the incident took place near the Ashoka pillar area — with seven or eight people intercepting the van with an Innova car. The suspects had reportedly forced the staff out of the vehicle and entered the CMS vehicle. They asked the driver to proceed and later abandoned the car, moving the cash to their own vehicle.
“The accused asked the staff to come to the Siddapura police station. Later, they made the driver stop the vehicle on the Dairy Circle flyover in Suddaguntepalya police limits before escaping. We have been tracking the vehicle, and it has crossed a toll near Kolar,” the police added.