India, Nov. 20 -- In what police describe as an unprecedented daylight robbery, a group of men posing as Reserve Bank of India officials executed a meticulously planned heist and escaped with Rs.7.11 crore from an ATM cash van on Wednesday in Bengaluru.

Investigators say the operation unfolded in a series of coordinated steps, leaving authorities scrambling for answers.

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According to the FIR filed by CMS Inno System Ltd, the cash van left the company's JP Nagar base at 9.30 am with driver Binod Kumar, custodian Afthab, and two armed gunmen, Rajanna and Tammayya. By 12.24 pm, the team withdrew Rs.7.11 crore fro...