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Bengaluru ATM Van Heist: Three Arrested, ₹5.76 Crore Recovered in 54 Hours

Investigators cite insider collusion with meticulous planning by a fake-RBI crew.

Overview

  • Police named the arrested as constable Annappa Naik, former CMS employee Xavier, and cash-van vehicle in-charge Gopi.
  • About ₹5.76 crore was recovered and a getaway Innova was traced near Tirupati in Chittoor district.
  • Eleven teams with roughly 200 personnel identified suspects within 24 hours, detained three in 54 hours, and seized cash within 60 hours.
  • The gang posed as RBI or Income Tax officials, used a car with a Government of India sticker, forced staff into their vehicle, and exploited CCTV blind spots with swapped number plates.
  • A hunt continues across southern states for additional members of the six-to-eight person gang as police probe CMS lapses such as a nonfunctioning GPS and fixed routes; investigators also reported call-record links between two accused even as officials said phones were not used during the heist.