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Bengaluru Cash-Van Heist: Police Detain Constable and Ex-CMS Employee as Probe Extends to Andhra

Call-detail records linking a serving constable to a former CMS employee have shifted the case toward a suspected insider-assisted robbery.

Bengaluru: Investigation underway after unidentified men allegedly posing as RBI officials intercepted an ATM cash van and fled with about ₹seven crore, in Bengaluru.
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Fraudsters posing as Mumbai police officers allegedly intimidated the victim into transferring his entire savings.

Overview

  • The six-member gang posed as RBI officials, split the CMS crew near Jayanagar, and forced the driver at gunpoint on Dairy Circle flyover to surrender ₹7.11 crore before fleeing.
  • Investigators detained a Govindarajanagar police constable and a former CMS staffer after tower dumps and CDRs showed multiple calls between them during the heist period.
  • The manhunt now spans Andhra Pradesh with teams from Bengaluru, CCB, and Tirupati searching hotels and checkpoints after leads indicated vehicle movements toward Tirupati.
  • Police say the robbers switched cars and used fake number plates on an Innova, with evidence pointing to a Zen and a WagonR in the convoy, while removing the van’s DVR and snatching staff phones.
  • Over 50 CCTV feeds, GPRS data, and roadblocks are being used to reconstruct routes and identify suspects, with officials noting a delayed alert and the stolen cash still untraced.