Rs.60 lakh looted from bank car in Maharashtra
By IANSTuesday, October 12, 2010
BEED - In a daring operation, two people robbed Rs.60 lakh from a car transporting a bank’s money in Maharashtra Tuesday evening, police said.
The cash, belonging to the Beed District Central Co-Operative Bank, was being taken from Beed to Shirur in a car by three bank officials.
They had withdrawn the cash from the State Bank of Hyderabad, according to Sudam G. Kuchekar of Beed Rural Police.
Around 5.30 p.m., when they were speeding along the Beed-Shirur highway, around 25 km from here, they were waylaid by two people on a motorcycle. As the vehicle was forced to stop, two people threw red chilli powder, blinded the bank officials and decamped with the cash.
The bank officials informed the local and district police authorities about the highway robbery even as top officials rushed to the scene of the crime.
The police have sealed off all entry-exist points in a bid to nab the culprits.
Beed is around 425 km to the northeast of Mumbai.
