Rs 40 Lakh Looted In Broad Daylight In Guwahati

Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI: Mystery shrouds the incident of miscreants snatching a bag containing Rs 40 lakh from security service personnel in board daylight in Guwahati on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in front of the Guwahati branch of Federal Bank on MG Road near Fancy Bazar police outpost. Two personnel of M/s Visual Securas Ltd and their driver withdrew Rs 40 lakh from Federal Bank’s Silpukhuri branch earlier in the day. They carried the cash in a bag. They came to the bank’s branch at Fancy Bazar and withdrew Rs 80 lakh. The amount was kept in a trunk. While the two personnel of Visual Securas Ltd were carrying the trunk with Rs 80 lakh, the driver was holding the bag containing Rs 40 lakh. While the two personnel were loading the trunk to their Maruti van (AS01DC0855), the driver was moving to his seat with the bag. The very moment four persons in two motorcycles came from behind and snatched the bag with the cash from the driver’s hand, and fled.

Police personnel, including top-level officers rushed to the post. The police have been interrogating the trio of the security service agency.

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