The police have recovered the entire cash of the Beed District Central Co-Operative Bank that was stolen Tuesday, Additional Superintendent of Police Virendra Mishra said.
The police suspect involvement of the bank peon, Mishra said, but refused to divulge the identity of those arrested.
'After interrogating the two bank staffers and the driver, we got leads and we managed to nab the culprits. The cash was recovered at 3 a.m. today (Wednesday),' Mishra told IANS.
The robbery took place on the Beed-Shirur highway Tuesday evening around 5.30 p.m. when the car carrying the bank cash, kept in a gunny bag, was proceeding to Shirur, Mishra said.
The vehicle, driven by Raju Syed, was carrying two staffers of the Beed District Central Co-operative Bank, handicapped clerk Uddhav Jaibhai and casual peon Vishnu Kedar. There were no security personnel accompanying them on the sensitive assignment.
On way, Kedar asked the driver to stop the vehicle. As the car stopped, two people zoomed there on a motorcycle, punched the driver and threw chilli powder in his eyes.
They also pushed around Jaibhai while Kedar was out of the car. The duo, one wearing a full helmet and the other a mask grabbed the gunny bag containing Rs.5.4 million in cash and sped off. However, they forgot to pick up the remaining (Rs.6 lakh) kept in another gunny bag in the car dickey.
On getting the message from the bank, a police team rushed there to investigate and took into custody the three who were carrying the cash in the vehicle.
'During sustained interrogation, the peon kept giving contradictory versions of the incident. Finally, around midnight, he cracked and revealed the entire plot,' Mishra told IANS.
Based on Kedar's confession, a police team rushed to nab his two accomplices who were waiting for him a few kilometers away from the scene of the crime.
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