Unidentified men on Monday looted over Rs1.34 crore from a cash van of a private bank in a village near Mohali in broad daylight. Police officials said that the robbers waylaid the Axis Bank's cash van at Saneta village and hijacked it after over-powering the guard. The van was later found abandoned a few kilometres away at Durali village.
Sources informed that the robbers, who chased the van in a Fortuner car, were allegedly carrying pistols and axes with them. Senior police officers rushed to the spot, and the police teams have been formed to trace the culprits.
It has been learnt that at 8.30 am, around eight masked robbers, allegedly robbed Rs1.34 crore, after taking over a cash van of Axis Bank from five security guards at gunpoint. The officials, including the guards, who were also carrying double-barrel guns, did not retaliate. Patiala zone IG PS Gill and Mohali SSP GS Bhullar said that they were investigating the case.