Karnataka Dwelling Minister G Parameshwara mentioned on Friday that the 2 robbers who shot lifeless the 2 safety guards and decamped with ₹92 lakh money meant for filling the SBI ATM in Bidar on January 16 have been recognized.
The robbers fled the spot in a motorcycle, carrying the money stuffed trunk.(X)
He additionally mentioned that efforts are on to safe them and police groups have gone to Indore in Madhya Pradesh and different doable locations the place the robbers might belong to.
“Both of them have been identified. They are being followed,” Parameshwara advised reporters. In line with him, the assailants fled to Hyderabad after the crime.
The robbers fled the spot in a motorcycle, carrying the money stuffed trunk, he mentioned.
SBI has assigned a Hyderabad-based agency to fill the ATMs, Parameshwara added.
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“Usually gunmen accompany when such a huge amount of cash is transported. Unfortunately, yesterday there was no gunman in the vehicle,” the Minister mentioned.
He opined that the robbers should have monitored the money transportation mechanism for a really very long time and carried out the crime. The robbers shot lifeless two safety guards, Giri Venkatesh and Shiva Kashinath, earlier than decamping with the money meant for filling the SBI ATM within the district headquarters city of Bidar on Thursday.
The deceased have been the employees of CMS Company, police mentioned. The employees had come to the ATM positioned on the busy Shivaji Chowk to fill the money at 11.30 am, they mentioned. Sources mentioned the robbers fired eight rounds.
In line with the DH report, eyewitnesses mentioned the assailants fired photographs into the air to discourage onlookers who tried to intervene by throwing stones. Regardless of the chaos, the suspects managed to flee the busy space, which is positioned close to key landmarks such because the Deputy Commissioner’s workplace and the district court docket complicated.
(With PTI inputs)
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