Overview
- On January 16, 2025 two helmeted gunmen attacked CMS cash handlers near the SBI main branch in Bidar, killing custodian Giri Venkatesh, wounding another employee and stealing about ₹83 lakh.
- A special Bidar police operation led by Superintendent Pradeep Gunti tracked and chased the suspects in Vaishali district, where they were captured.
- The arrests, made on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, brought into custody Aman Kumar Singh and Alok (alias Ambani), who are residents of Vaishali, Bihar.
- Vaishali authorities handed the two men over to Karnataka police for further legal action as investigators probe planning, accomplices and the money trail.
- Some reports link the suspects to a later Afzalgunj firing in Hyderabad, but that connection remains reported and unconfirmed pending verification by senior officials.