Armed robbers attacked a cash van near a private ATM here and decamped with Rs 18 lakh after killing a security guard here in the district, police said.
Two robbers fired at Sunil Thakur, guard of the van, killing him on the spot, Superintendent of Police Harpreet Kaur said.
Thakur came along with personnel of a cash logistic company for loading cash into an ATM in Keshabpur Chowk under Sahebganj police station area of the city.
After the killing, the robbers fled with the cash, said to be about Rs 18 lakh, Kaur said.
Search was on to nab the culprits.