Chennai: Police on Friday arrested one person who escaped with Tasmac collection amount worth Rs 50 lakh near Kotturpuram. Hunt is on for two others, police said. Police sources said that the cash was being ferried in a private vehicle hired by a cash collection agency to be deposited in a bank. The cash collection agency had hired the vehicle from a travel company. The travels owner, Mohammed Ibrahim, had planned to escape with the cash with two of his acquaintances, police said.
The cash agency was hiring vehicles from his travels for ferrying cash. Taking advantage of this, he fixed fake number plates in the vehicle, When the manager went to collect the amount, they held a knife to the security's neck and escaped with the vehicle only to be caught in a few hundred meters.
