Delhi: ATM cash van driver who fled with Rs 22.5 crore arrested

In possibly one of Delhi's biggest heists, the driver of a cash van who disappeared transporting Rs 22.5 crore in hard cash for refilling AXIS Bank ATMs across south-east Delhi was arrested early on Friday. Delhi Police recovered the cash from his possession with an amount of Rs 11,000 was said to be missing, sources said.

A hunt was launched after SIS, the private security agency hired by Axis Bank to transport cash, rang up police control room around 5.30pm on Thursday to inform that one of its drivers fled with a Mahindra pick-up van stashed with money on the way from Vikaspuri to Okhla.

The driver, Pradeep Shukla, is from Uttar Pradesh and had joined the agency recently.