In one of the biggest dacoity cases of this year, a private cash management company was looted of around Rs 9.16 crore in cash.
In one of the biggest dacoity cases of this year, a private cash management company was looted of around Rs 9.16 crore in cash. The armed robbers allegedly barged into the office and held the employees at gunpoint and made away with the cash and the digital recorders, which had the CCTV footage.
Investigators suspect that the dacoits were provided inside information about the schedule of the agency and how and when the cash was disbursed.
The incident occurred around 3 am at the Teen Hath Naka office of Checkmate Service Private Limited. The agency, which has its office at Hardeep building near the Thane Mental Hospital, deals in collecting the day’s earnings of retail outlets of major companies, which are located in malls and shopping centres, processing it and then delivering it to nominated banks. The office, which was looted, dealt in counting the collected cash and had vans that were used to transport money to banks where the company had an account.
“The accused barged on to the premises company armed with revolvers and choppers. As soon as they entered, one of them headed to the CCTV console and snapped the wires off the digital video recorder, which stores the footage. The other made a close huddle of all the employees, snatched away the weapons of the watchmen and also confiscated the cellphones of all the people present,” said an officer with the Wagle Estate police.
The officer added that the accused took away a total of Rs 9.16 crore in all by stuffing the money in duffel bags and fled the scene, after which the supervisor at the firm informed the police. “What is surprising is that they knew the exact location of the CCTV console, which indicates that they had knowledge about the layout of the place,” he said.
The police is questioning all current employees of the firm and has also called for the former employees. The police has already started talking to vendors who operate late at night and is examining footage of CCTV cameras around the area,” said an officer.
