New Delhi: Three persons have been arrested in connection with the first bank cash van heist in national capital following demonetisation in which Rs 10 lakh was stolen in Pandav Nagar area of East Delhi.
The meticulously planned heist was carried out on December 19 by three men while the employees of Brinks Securities were supplying cash in ATMs of trans-Yamuna area.
When the cash van reached the SBI ATM for depositing cash around 2 pm, the custodians of the cash were attacked by two armed criminals.
The criminals fired two gunshots and robbed Rs 10 lakh cash kept in a suitcase after overpowering the gunman.
CCTV footage from market areas of East and West districts were collected to determine from where the accused had started tailing the van, the officer said. “A secret information was received by the police team that the accused would be coming near Cross River Mall on December 25. A raid was conducted and the three accused persons — identified as Bittoo, Sunny and Rohit — were apprehended in an Accent car on Sunday afternoon,” said the officer.
The accused had gone to Hardwar after committing the robbery and had returned to the area to see what was happening.
“Out of the robbed amo-unt, Rs 9.48 lakh was recovered,” said Mr Singh.
