The Commissionerate police on Tuesday arrested two persons for allegedly stealing Rs 40 lakh from a cash refilling van here.
Police also recovered Rs 37.69 lakh from the possession of the two accused, said city DCP Anup Sahu. The arrestees were identified as Ratikanta Rout alias Sada (44) of Bhadrak’s Dhusuri and Ajit Kumar Sen alias Milu (28) of Bolgarh in Khordha district.
Reports said four employees including the driver along with two custodians and a gunman of Radiant Cash Management Agency left with Rs 2.58 crore in the cash transit van from the main branch of State Bank of India (SBI) to refill money in its different ATMs across the city.
“While the some officials went to refill an ATM at Ashok Nagar, the driver stole eight bundles of cash worth Rs 40 lakh by opening the cash box with the help of a duplicate key,” said Sahu.
Later, the duplicate key was also recovered from the two.
The driver had given the stolen money and key to his associate after which the latter absconded, said the DCP.