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    Rs. 5 Cr RBI cash stolen on Train

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    CHENNAI: In a daring heist in a moving train, Rs five crore out of Rs 340 crore cash being sent to Reserve Bank of here from Salem in Tamil Nadu was found stolen today, police said.

    A sum of Rs five crore had been stolen, IGP M Ramasubramani told reporters hours after the incident came to light when four of the 226 boxes stacked with the cash were found tampered with on arrival of the train here.

    Meanwhile, an RBI official said the train was carrying also soiled notes from Salem to Chennai in 226 boxes with a total value of Rs 340 crore.

    “Out of the 226 wooden boxes, four boxes were found tampered with soon after the train reached Chennai from Salem,” the official said.

    Police said an air-vent in one of the three cargo coaches in which the cash boxes were kept was found broken, triggering doubts that someone could have entered from its roof.

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