Bengaluru ~ Unidentified men allegedly posing as income tax officials intercepted an ATM cash van here and fled with about Rs 7 crore on Wednesday, in what is said to be the first of its kind daylight robbery in recent times, police said.

The incident occurred near Ashoka Pillar when the vehicle was transporting cash from a bank branch in JP Nagar.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a group of men arrived in a car carrying a Government of India sticker and stopped the cash vehicle, claiming that they wanted to verify documents.

The suspects then forced the van’s staff into their car along with cash. They allegedly drove towards Dairy Circle, where they dropped the staff and sped away with the cash, which is estimated to be about Rs seven crores, they said.

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