Rs 7.11-crore daylight heist: Karnataka Police launch manhunt

The Karnataka Police have launched a hunt for the robbers involved in the shocking Rs 711 crore daylight heist in BengaluruThe FIR filed in the case reveals chilling details of how the robbers claiming to be officials from the Reserve Bank of India RBI threatened the driver at gunpoint forced the gunmen and another staffer to get down from the vehicle and carried out the robberyIt has also come to light that the gang took away the DVR from the cashrefill vehicleThe complaint was filed by 47yearold Vinod Chandrar Branch Manager of CMS Info System Limited located in HBR LayoutEvery day the company withdraws money from the HDFC Bank currency chest in ITI Layout JP Nagar Bengaluru and deposits it into ATMs across the cityThe FIR states as on other days on November 19 at 930 am under the supervision of custodian Aftab the company vehicle a Tata Yodha bearing registration number GJ01HT9173 with driver Binod Kumar and gunmen Rajanna and Thammaiah left for dutyAt 1230 pm Rs 711 crore in cash was withdrawn from the HDFC Bank currency chest loaded into the truck and taken for ATM refillingAccording to the complaint CMS Fleet Manager Faroq Pasha received a call from driver Binod Kumar who informed him that while travelling from Ashoka Pillar towards Lalbagh Siddapur Gate five to six men arrived in an Innova car bearing registration number KA03NC8052They identified themselves as RBI officials and instructed custodian Aftab and gunmen Rajanna and Thammaiah to get down from the vehicle and sit inside the InnovaThey then asked Binod Kumar to drive the cashrefill vehicleBinod Kumar claimed he did not know where his colleagues were taken He later stated that the gang threatened him with a gun and robbed Rs 711 crore in cash on the Dairy Circle flyoverThe complainant said he immediately checked the vehiclersquos GPRS and confirmed that it was near Dairy Circle on Hosur RoadSecurity Manager Syed Amzad Pasha then alerted the police control roomA company technician examined the vehicle and later informed them that the robbers had taken away the DVR installed in the truckPreliminary investigations have revealed that the robbery occurred on a stretch falling under the jurisdiction of three police stationsThe flyover where the incident took place lies at the intersection of these station limits The gang also snatched the mobile phones of all four staff membersIt may be recalled that the major incident of robbery took place in broad daylight in Bengaluru on Wednesday where a gang looted Rs 711 crore from a vehicle that was transporting cash for ATM refillingThe Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh has issued instructions to place the city on high alertOrders have been given to intensify vehicle checks especially at the city borders where barricades have been set up to prevent the accused from escaping BengaluruThe gang used a fake number plate on the Innova car for the robberyThe number KA 03 NC 8052 was fitted onto the Innova This number actually belongs to a Swift car from Kalyan Nagar police saidThe staff of the cash refill vehicle reportedly informed the authorities late after the incident raising doubtsQuestions are being asked about why the gunmen present did not use their weapons All these angles are being thoroughly investigatedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever