Hyderabad: Two bike-borne armed men carried out a 93-lakh robbery at an automated teller machine (ATM) near the SBI Bank in Karnataka’s Bidar. The incident was caught on camera and the video also went viral on social media. The incident took place when three security personnel of a private security company arrived at the ATM to refill the cash.
One of the employees of the company was killed by the accused. The deceased has been identified as Giri Venkatesh. Meanwhile, another employee of the company was injured. He has been identified as Shiva Kashinath. The robbers managed to flee from the spot with cash. In the video, it could be seen that people even pelted stones at the accused to prevent them from fleeing.
However, hours after executing the robbery, the two accused opened fire at a person in Afzalgunj area on Thursday. The panic gripped the locals of the area.
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The matter surfaced after two people came to a tour and travelk company to book a ticket. They reportedly opened fire after theyr bags were checked by the staff of the travel company.
” This is my brother’s office, there is a ticket manager here Jahangir. Two passengers came here to ticket book to Raipur…they were sitting here because their bus was at 7 pm…when they were sitting on the bus, suspicious bags were being checked…that time they fired at him,” Mossam, brother of the tour and travel company’s owner told ANI.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad East Zone DCP B Bala Swamy confirmed the firing incident. “Today around 7:15 a firing incident happened in the area under Afzalgung PS. Some unknown person came to the travels and booked the tickets but while boarding the bus, the ticket manager spoke to them as he felt something suspicious. After that, they fired at the manager and fled with two bags…it seems like that they are the same persons who committed a robbery towards Karnataka,” the police officer said.
Karnataka Home Minister assured to nab the robbers in one or two days.
