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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The accused driver, who was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, has been arrested, said SSP Abhishek Yadav.

The workers were going on foot to their homes in Bihar from Haryana when they were hit on the Delhi-Saharanpur Highway between Ghalili Check Post and Rohana Toll Plaza, about 20 km from here late last night, the official said.

The injured -- Sushil, Nathu Saini, Pawan Saini, Pramod and Ramji Rai --were rushed to hospital.

Two of the deceased were identified as Bijender, 25, and Harsh, 20. The rest were yet to be identified.

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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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May 22,2020

Warangal, May 22: In a shocking incident, bodies of nine migrant workers, including six of a family, were found in a well at Gorrekunta area in the outskirts of Warangal city. Of the nine bodies, four were found on May 21.

"Till now, nine bodies have been found in a well near a gunny bag godown at Gorrekunta area in the outskirts of Warangal city. Of the nine bodies, four were found on May 21 and the rest were found today. As six of the bodies belong to one family, it has led to suspicion," said Dr V Ravinder, Commissioner of Police, Warangal, while speaking to ANI over phone.

"The four bodies that were found yesterday have been identified as Md Maksood (50), his wife Nisha (45), daughter Busra (20) and grandson (3). The five bodies that have been found today have been identified as that of Shabad Alam, son of Maksood, Sohail Alam (Maksood's family member), Shakeel, a family friend of Maksood," he further said.

The bodies have been taken out from the well and sent to MGM Hospital for post mortem.
Minister Errabelli Dayakar, District Collector Harita, Mayor Prakash Rao have visited the spot along with the Warangal Commissioner.

Md Maksood had migrated from West Bengal to Warangal 20 years ago. Since last December, he and his family members have been working in a nearby gunny bag manufacturing unit godown at Gorrekunta. After the lockdown, the family shifted from Warangal and settled down in the factory godown.

According to police, on Thursday noon when the unit owner Santosh came to the godown as part of his daily routine he could not find any of the labourers. Later, he discovered four dead bodies floating in the well.

The Warangal police has registered a case under Section 174 CrPC. They said the exact reason for their deaths will be known only after the investigation.

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