New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS): Two robbers on a bike shot dead a private company's security guard and took away about Rs.1.5 crore from a cash van in Delhi, police said Saturday.

"Two people came on a motorcycle and opened fire at the security guard and took away a bag containing around Rs.1.5 crore in cash," Joint Commissioner of Police Sandeep Goel told IANS.

The guard was identified as Govind, who received gun shot wounds on his head and chest. He later succumbed to his injuries in hospital, police said.

The incident took place around 11 a.m. when the cash van came to refill a Citibank ATM in north Delhi's Kamla Nagar market area, police said.

Govind was accompanied by another security guard and two bank employees.

The bikers, who were following the van, opened fire at him when he came out of the vehicle. They snatched away the bag being carried by the other guard and brandished their weapons in the air to escape, police said.

The van occupants told police there was more cash in the van which they had needed to refill other ATMs in the city.

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