India, May 7 -- Three armed men snatched a cash replenishing van parked on the National Highway-9 near Bagu area, adjacent to Crossings Republik township in Ghaziabad, and escaped with an estimated Rs.20 lakh cash, officials said, adding that the vehicle was found abandoned about 15 km away on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) near Masuri.

Officials said the van, with four staff including guards, had arrived for filling cash in an ATM located in a congested lane. Thus, they had parked the vehicle about 100 metres away on the highway.

According to the police, the incident took place around 1pm when the driver was alone in the vehicle.

"Three men came afoot, and one of them also fired a shot in the air. Thereafter, they forcibly took awa...