Bengaluru, Nov 20 || The Karnataka Police have launched a hunt for the robbers involved in the shocking Rs 7.11 crore daylight heist in Bengaluru. The 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 robbery.
It has also come to light that the gang took away the DVR from the cash-refill vehicle.
The complaint was filed by 47-year-old Vinod Chandrar, Branch Manager of CMS Info System Limited, located in HBR Layout. Every day, the company withdraws money from the HDFC Bank currency chest in ITI Layout, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru, and deposits it into ATMs across the city.
The FIR states, as on other days, on November 19 at 9.30 a.m., under the supervision of custodian Aftab, the company vehicle -- a Tata Yodha bearing registration number GJ-01-HT-9173 -- with driver Binod Kumar and gunmen Rajanna and Thammaiah left for duty. At 12.30 p.m., Rs 7.11 crore in cash was withdrawn from the HDFC Bank currency chest, loaded into the truck, and taken for ATM refilling.