In a daring cash van heist in the city, a cashier and a guard of a cash van were killed when three unidentified bikers came and fired at them and looted Rs 12 lakh from the cash van outside a wine shop in Outer Delhi's Narela area on Thursday afternoon. Police said that the incident took place at around 2:30pm at DSIIDC (Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation) in Narela.
This is second such incident in past two days from Rohini area, after two men were shot at and a similar attempt of robbery was foiled on Monday, in Metro Vihar area.
The deceased have been identified as Rajnikant, a cashier and Prem Kumar, a security guard of the cash van. Police said that they have registered a case and are scanning the CCTV cameras near the spot. Police said that the Crime Branch and Special Cell have also been roped in to solve the case.
Police said that they are looking at the robbery cum murder case from all angles. “As the incident occurred close to the Haryana border, there is a possibility of the involvement of Haryana based criminals. Considering the knowledge of the criminals, there may be some insider involved in giving
Rajneesh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) said, “ The incident took place around 2.30 pm when the van had come to pick cash from a wine shop at DSIIDC (Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation) industrial area, in Narela. cashier Rajnikant and guard Prem Kumar was shot at by three unidentified motorcycle-borne persons.”
Both the victims succumbed to their injuries at Raja Harishchandra Hospital in Narela, the official added.
According to the police, at the time when the cash had just been loaded in the van, three armed men arrived with their faces covered. “As told by witnesses and locals, the trio first asked the security guard to step away and then asked the cashier to hand them over the money. As the cashier resisted and tried to raise alarm, one of them pulled out a pistol and shot him dead.
“Seeing the cashier falling, as the security guard tried to intervene, he was shot too. As both the men collapsed, bleeding, the trio picked up the bag full of cash and sped away,” said a senior police officer.
In another incident, on April 24, some unidentified men made an attempt to rob a cash van in Rohini, but it was foiled by the cashier and security guard. However, both of them did sustain bullet injuries in the incident.