Bagalur: Bike-borne men steal 4 lakh from parked SUV

Two bike-borne men broke open the window of an SUV and made away with Rs 4 lakh cash in broad daylight in Bagalur on Wednesday.

The victim, M Harilal Nayak (32), is a driver for a building contractor, D Rajashekar Reddy, a resident of Yelahanka. Nayak had withdrawn Rs 4 lakh from Andhra Bank.

According to the police, following instructions from his employer, Nayak visited the bank and withdrew Rs 4 lakh. After driving some distance, Nayak parked the car on the roadside near Vinayak Nagar and went to have tender coconut. Meanwhile, two men came on a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle and broke open the windows of the SUV. They got hold of the bag containing the cash and fled.

Mohamed Ibiza, an auto driver, noticed them and alerted Nayak, who tried to give a chase, but in vain.

Reddy used to send Nayak quite often to the bank to withdraw money to pay labourers.

The police further said the entire incident was recorded on CCTV. “We took CCTV footage from the bank and surrounding areas. We are examining it. We are not ruling out the involvement of the driver. Efforts are on to nab the accused,” said a senior officer.

During interrogation, Nayak told the police that a suspicious-looking man was standing behind while he was receiving cash from the counter. He ignored the man, thinking he was a customer. According to Nayak, he might have been followed thereafter.