Rs 2-crore robbed from bank vehicle

May 15, 2012

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Bangalore, May 15: Armed men took away Rs 1.91 crore in cash from a car carrying it for replenishing an ATM at RT Nagar here on Monday morning.

Three persons sustained minor injuries in the event.

The high drama unfurled in filmy style near the BDA complex, barely 500 metres away from RT Nagar police station. The money belonging to Corporation Bank was being transported in a private cab and not in a vehicle that belongs to the CMS Security Agency (CMSSA) that was assigned to transport the money.

Venkatesh of the car travel agency, Somanna Shetty, a Centaurs Security Agency (CSA) guard and Naveen Chandra and Anand Kumar, both from the CMSSA, filled cash at the ATM centre in Cox Town and then at the Corporation Bank ATM near BDA complex in RT Nagar, before heading for another ATM in the area.

Around 10:30 am, an SUV drove past the cab near Taralabalu Ashram and blocked the road, according to the police. Within seconds, another car rammed into the bank vehicle from behind. Masked men suspected to be in the age group of 25-30 years rushed out of the two cars, brandishing lethal weapons.

One of them wielded an air gun. They directed the four men in the car to get out of the cab. They snatched away a single barrel rifle which Shetty held, smashed the glass windows, took away the cash boxes — a total of 12, and drove off in their two cars. Except Anand Kumar, the three sustained minor injuries.

Diwakar, an eye witness to the incident, told Deccan Herald: “I noticed that the road was blocked for some time. A car was jammed between two other cars. I thought it was an accident and went near it. I was shocked to see some youths wearing masks and one of them holding a gun. They all seemed to be local youths considering their body language and accent. Within seconds, they fled in the cars with boxes.”

Another eye witness, Prem, said the suspects threatened him with weapons when he tried to take a closer look. He called up the control room soon after they fled.

Soon, the RT Nagar police rushed to the spot and alerted their counterparts in the City to keep an eye on the two vehicles. The cars appeared to be stolen, and had fake number plates, they suspect.

Soon, another drama ensued on Devanahalli road, when traffic policemen stopped a car on suspicion. They alerted their superiors that they had apprehended the getaway car, wrongly, as it turned out.

The CMS, which has branches across the country, deals with several banks in the City in filling cash into the Automated Teller Machines. It has inked different agreements with banks including transporting the money once or for a particular period of time.

The agency has an agreement with Corporation Bank as well. The agency operates its own vehicles that are secured by armed guards. The vehicles travel to different ATMs, fill in cash and return. The agency had employed Centaurus Security Agency to escort the cash carriers on Monday.

It is learnt that the CSA staff had decided to transport the cash in a private cab, much against the norms.

Two teams have been constituted to trace the suspects.


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News Network
July 12,2020

Visakhapatnam, Jul 12: A man of Kotturu village in Anakapalle mandal in Visakhapatnam has allegedly died by suicide after losing money in online gambling.

According to his friends, 24-years-old Doddi Venkata Aravind died after losing money in online gambling. However, Police is yet to ascertain the cause of death.

"This noon at around 1 pm (July 11), one Bhavani reported to us that her son Doddi Venkata Aravind (24), has committed suicide by hanging himself at their house," said Sub-inspector Chakradhar Rao.

"We think he might have committed suicide due to financial or any other problems. Full details will be known in the investigation. Whether he had lost in online gambling, we don't know the details," he added.

The police have filed a case and an investigation is underway.

DV Aravind worked as a junior engineer in a private mining company at Rayagada, Odisha. He came to his mother's place three days ago. 

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Agencies
January 16,2020

Cuttack, Jan 16: At least 15 passengers were injured as five coaches of the Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Lokmanya Tilak Express derailed and three more were displaced after colliding with a goods train amid heavy fog near Cuttack in Odisha on Thursday, railway officials said.

Railway officials had earlier said that 25 passengers were injured in the incident but later officers who reached the site reported that four passengers were found to have suffered major injuries and 11 had received minor injuries.

Passengers with major injuries have been sent to Cuttack Medical College. All passengers are stated to be out of danger.

Officials said the accident happened when the passenger train hit the guard van of a good train around 7 am between Salagaon and Nergundi stations.

The officials said there was heavy fog at the site but it was not clear what led to the accident. The speedometer of both the trains have been seized for inquiry, East Coast Railway Spokesperson J P Mishra said.

Buses have been arranged for all remaining passengers to move towards their destination.

Cuttack is around 10-12 km away and Bhubaneswar(Terminating station) is 35 km.

The accident disrupted train services in the area.

Five trains have been affected due to the accident where restoration work in underway. These include the Bhubaneswar-Mumbai LTT SF Express, the Puri-Rourkela Express, Dhanbad-Bhubaneshwar Rajyarani Express which have all been diverted via Naraj.

"East Coast Railway acknowledges with deep gratitude help of nearby locals and villagers who have displayed great humanitarian values and come to the rescue of injured passengers," Mishra said.

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June 6,2020

Kota (Rajasthan), Jun 6: A 14-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself to death on early Saturday morning shortly after he stopped playing PUBG throughout the night and went to sleep, said police. 

Railway Colony police station’s in-charge Hansraj Meena said the boy, a class 9 student and son of an Army man, was found hanging from the grill of the ventilator in his bedroom on early Saturday morning. 

Meena said according to the boy’s family members, the boy had downloaded the gaming programme on his mother’s mobile phone only three days back but had been playing the game virtually continuously for the last three days. 

He kept on playing the game till 3 am in a room in which his brother was studying, said Meena, adding the boy went to adjoining to sleep after that. His body was found hanging from the ventilator’s grill in the morning, he said, adding the boy was rushed to MBS Hospital, where he was declared “brought dead”. 

No suicide note was recovered in the case, the SHO said. The boy lived in Gandhi Colony in the city along with his mother and brother, while his father, a Tamil Nadu native and Army man, is currently posted in Arunachal Pradesh. The boy’s body has been kept in hospital’s morgue for the postmortem, the SHO said.

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