ATM van robbery: Cops launch manhunt, Rs 1.28 crore missing

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“After completing a couple of drops, the van reached a Central Bank of India ATM centre in Trombay around 2:30 pm on Friday. The guard and the loader unloaded Rs 2.5 lakh in cash from the van and took it inside the centre to load it into the machine. While they were both inside the ATM centre, the driver started up the van and drove away,” said Mumbai Police spokesperson DCP Dhananjay Kulkarni.

The guard and the loader immediately informed their employer about the incident, who, in turn, called the Mumbai Police Control Room. Simultaneously, the employer started tracking the location of the van based on the GPS device installed in it and around an hour later, the van was found abandoned near the Don Bosco school in Matunga, with Singh and the cash missing.

“A case is being registered at the Matunga police station, which will later be transferred to the Trombay police station. We suspect that driver had help waiting for him in Martunga as it would have been difficult for him to unload the heavy box of cash and take it away all by himself,” Kulkarni added.

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