Bengaluru, Nov 19 (PTI) In perhaps the first such incident in the city, unidentified men allegedly posing as RBI officials intercepted a ATM cash van here and fled with about Rs seven crore on Wednesday, police said.

The incident occurred near Ashoka Pillar when the vehicle was transporting cash from a bank branch in JP Nagar.

Police had initially said the culprits impersonated Income Tax officials.

Karnataka Home Minister H Parameshwara said probably such an incident had never happened in Bengaluru.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a group of men arrived in a car carrying a Government of India sticker and stopped the cash vehicle, claiming that they wanted to verify documents.

The suspects then forced the van's staff into their car along with cash.

They allegedly drove toward

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