On the night of August 8, 2016, soiled currency-notes with a face value of ₹342 crore were being transported from Indian Overseas Bank in Salem and two other bank branches to the Reserve Bank of India in Chennai in a parcel van attached to Salem-Chennai Egmore Express. A gang drilled a hole on the roof of the parcel van and stole ₹5.78 crore. The case was partially cracked after two years
