Indore:

A masked robber took away a bag containing around Rs 6.5 lakh cash from a nationalised bank after firing a round in the air in Indore city on Tuesday, police said.

The man wearing a raincoat entered the bank, located in Vijay Nagar area, in the afternoon and threatened staff by firing in the air, said Additional Commissioner of Police Amit Singh.

The investigation is on to understand the exact sequence of events and whether the bag was snatched by the robber.

Mr Singh said the CCTV footage shows at least two persons probably covered the robber.

“Our team has identified them. We will soon disclose more information,” the police officer said, adding that no security guard was present in the bank according to their policy.

Prima facie, the crime was committed by a security guard, probably an ex-serviceman, as he picked up empty cartridges from the spot, he said.

At least two persons who prima facie covered the robber were identified and will be arrested soon, he added.

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Indore:

A city-based web developer has been arrested here for allegedly duping an Australian national of Rs one crore after undertaking to develop a video conference platform that can run on Apple devices, police said on Thursday.

Mayank Saluja (42), a freelance developer, allegedly did not deliver the product after taking the money.

Complainant Paul Shepherd, an Australia-based chartered accountant, had asked Saluja to create a video conference platform, said Jitendra Singh, superintendent, cyber police.

Mayank Saluja allegedly told him that he had contacts inside Apple, and could develop a platform that would run smoothly on the iPhone, iPad and MacBook.

But they would need to form a non-government organisation (NGO) for inking an agreement with Apple, he told the Australian.

Mr Shepherd paid him around 1.77 lakh Australian dollars, equivalent to about Rs one crore, but Saluja never delivered the product, the complaint said.

The cyber police has acquired the rights to use the video conference platform being developed by Saluja with the permission of a local court so that the accused cannot destroy the evidence, the SP said, adding that probe was on.

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