Raigarh, Jul 3 (PTI) Unidentified robbers on Friday looted Rs 13 lakh from a cash van after shooting dead its driver and injuring a security guard in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, police said.

The incident took place at around 2 pm at Azad Chowk in Kirodimal Nagar when the cash van had arrived to replenish a State Bank of India ATM, Raigarh Additional Superintendent of Police Abhishek Verma said.

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"Two men reached the spot in a motorcycle and fired six rounds with a firearm at van driver Arvind Patel and guard Vinod Patel and fled with Rs 13 lakh. While Arvind died on the spot, Vinod is in hospital in a serious condition," said Verma.

Two cash custodians present in the van escaped unhurt, the official added.

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"CCTV footage of the area is being scanned to nab the culprits," he said.

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