Bengaluru: The much-talked-about Rs 7.11-crore ATM cash van heist was planned meticulously to ensure that cash transfer happens on Dairy Circle flyover, since the flyover does not have CCTV surveillance.

The Bengaluru city police (BCP) had to depend on and pull out footage from various CCTV cameras before and after the flyover to identify the vehicle used for the robbery and track it down, delaying the investigation.

Of late, CCTV camera footage and mobile phone records and their locations are the first things police turn to for detecting crimes, because they are reliable and undeniable material evidence accepted by even the courts.

In recent years, Bengaluru has emerged as a city with high density of CCTV cameras, catching up with cities like Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad. While the num

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