The Samta Nagar police have launched a manhunt for a gang of robbers that allegedly tried to loot an ATM cash van in Lokhandwala, Kandivli East, last week. It was thanks to the brave and alert security guard that they had to flee empty-handed.

According to police sources, the robbers, unidentified as yet, had gathered outside an ATM on November 22 around 3 pm. After bank officials arrived with the van to fill the machine, two robbers held the guard at gunpoint, assuming he was unarmed. The guard, however, retorted by pointing his rifle at them. That's when they got scared, fired a round in the air and fled from the spot.