A 28-year-old driver of an ATM cash refilling vehicle allegedly absconded with Rs 22.40 lakh after abandoning the vehicle on the road while the guard and employee were refilling cash in an ATM machine on Akurli Road, Kandivli East, on Saturday evening.

Police said the incident occurred outside Kamgar hospital on Akurli  Road when the driver was left alone in the van with Rs 22.40 lakh in cash. The complainant Rajaram Ghadigaonkar, a 27-year-old employee of Securitytrance India Pvt Ltd, was part of the team assigned to the cash van. The team included cash custodian Amitkumar Singh, driver Sagar Sonawane, and security guard Shakil Shaikh.