Two unidentified masked men riding on a motorbike shot dead the driver of a cash van parked near an ATM and looted Rs 13 lakhs in broad daylight in Kirodimal Nagar area of Raigarh in Chhattisgarh on Friday, police said.
“The robbers approached the ATM booth when cash was being deposited. They first shot the guard and then the driver. They looted the cash and escaped on the motorbike,” Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abhishek Verma said.
Cash van driver Arvind Patel, who was in the van, received a bullet in his head and died instantly. The guard, Vinod Patel, suffered a bullet injury in his stomach and was admitted to a hospital, the officer said .
While escaping, the criminals fired around six rounds to create panic in the public.
The entire incident was captured on CCTV. Police are analyzing the footage to identify and arrest the accused, Verma added.