Lucknow : An FIR has been registered against five employees of a cash management company for the alleged theft of ₹10 lakh from a cash van assigned to replenish ATMs in Lucknow, police said.
The case was registered on Oct 21 at Vibhuti Khand police station following a complaint by Ajay Kumar Singh , branch manager of CMS Info Systems Ltd. The incident took place on Oct 12, when a cash van operating on the company’s route number nine was assigned to replenish cash at ATMs, according to the complaint. The complainant alleged that when the team reached an Axis Bank ATM kiosk near Lucknow University’s new campus in the Jankipuram area, one bag containing ₹10 lakh was found missing.
Vibhuti Khand station house officer Upendra Singh said police have sought CCTV footage from the company as part of the investigation. Six bags containing cash were loaded into the vehicle, and the process was recorded by CCTV cameras installed in the company’s vault room. The five employees named in the complaint will be questioned to determine how the cash went missing.