Over Rs200 million looted in Karachi as employee drives off with cash van

A chauffeur supposedly robbed greater than Rs200 million from a money van of a security business on Karachi’s primary I.I. Chundrigar Road, it arised on Wednesday, as authorities claimed they were probing the “uncommon” incident from various facets.

Mithadar authorities’s Unique Examination Officer (SIO) Chaudhry Tariq stated the driver of the van was associated with looting the substantial cash money amount on August 9. The police officer said cops were exploring the instance from different angles, but did not clarify.

The officer admitted that no concrete development had been made in the event up until now and also initiatives were still underway to apprehend the motorist.

According to the first information report (FIR) lodged by a local operations supervisor of the protection firm, Shoaib Sheikh, the money van was carrying over Rs200m from Tariq Road to the State Financial institution of Pakistan located on I.I. Chundrigar Roadway, the “Pakistani Wall Street”.

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The company’s guard, Mohammed Saleem, went inside the bank to take the invoice. When he returned, he saw that the money van was no longer parked outside. He called the van motorist, Husain Shah, who originally notified him that he would certainly come back within a short time, according to the materials of the FIR.

Nevertheless, when the guard called once more, the driver had actually turned off his cellular phone. The van was mapped and also found on Queen’s Road through the business’s tracking system. During assessment, it was discovered that together with the cash money, the tools, a camera and also a DVR were also missing from the van.

Police have actually signed up a situation versus the motorist as well as launched an examination right into the supposed burglary.

Last week, two guards of a cash changer were fired dead in Buffer Zone as well as a worker was wounded by thought burglars over resistance. They removed around Rs1m from the victims as well as left. The driver of the van stayed safe.

Authorities had actually claimed that the standard procedure (SOPs) were not followed for moving the huge cash amount from a financial institution to the money changer’s office.