In a significant success, police chased and nabbed three looters involved in the robbery of Rs 1.05 crore from an ATM cash delivery van of a private company, CMS, on Monday afternoon.
The cops also recovered the looted amount and seized some arms.At around 1:15 pm, the three miscreants intercepted the van near Ankola under the Athagarh police station. They overpowered the armed security guard present in the van and asked at gunpoint all the occupants to come out of the vehicle. Then the robbers sped away with the cash van. Getting information, the Athagarh police alerted the neighbouring police stations. The initial investigation revealed that the miscreants had abandoned the van and taken the cash boxes in a private vehicle.
However, the Dhenkanal Sadar police intercepted the vehicle at a road block and asked its driver to stop. But when the vehicle did not stop, the police team chased and intercepted it and overpowered its three occupants.
During search, the police recovered the cash, the gun of the cash van’s security guard and four country-made guns. DGP Abhay praised Dhenkanal and Cuttack Police for nabbing the accused within hours and recovering looted amount.