In a daylight robbery, armed miscreants forced out three employees of a toll plaza collection company out of a car before making off the vehicle with Rs 1.92 crores at Jhansi on Thursday.
Some employees of the toll plaza were now detained for interrogation as the local police suspect involvement of some of the employee.
As per reports, three staff of Radius Collection Company attached with Toll Plaza at Semri in Moth (Jhansi) were going to deposit Rs 1.92 crore in the bank on Thursday morning. As their Maruti car neared Pahalwan dhaba in Chiraigoan on National highway 25, some youths dressed like Toll Plaza staff signalled them to stop.
The youths later whipped out pistols and forced Rakesh Swarnkar, Rajesh Balihar and Sanjeev Singh to step out ofthe Maruti car. The miscreants later escaped with the car containing the cash.
The police after quizzing the victims, have detained some Toll Plaza staff for questioning. A case was registered and investigations were underway.