Chennai: Tension prevailed in Aminjikarai on Thursday night after one of the three trucks carrying Rs 2,000 crore of Reserve Bank of India had to halt for more than an hour after it developed a fault.
According to sources, the money was transported from Mysore to Reserve Bank office on Rajaji Salai in three trucks each carrying Rs 2,000 crore on Thursday with high security.
When the trucks reached Aminjikarai on Poonamallee high road on Thursday night one of them sustained a technical snag in the gearbox and the three vehicles were eventually stopped which created huge traffic on the high road.
On information Aminjikarai traffic investigation police rushed to the spot and cleared the traffic. Armed personnel were guarding the trucks until the problem was rectified.
As drivers couldn't set right the problem with the help of locals, mechanics arrived at the spot and after an hour of struggle the broken gear shaft could not be replaced.
So the remaining two trucks were sent to the Reserve Bank office and the broken down truck was pulled by a powerful crane to the RBI office. Meanwhile, the information about the halt of three trucks with huge money spread like a wildfire and the public thronged to the spot to inspect the vehicles.
