ATM fraud: Police take initiative to issue lookout notice against absconders

Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has taken an initiative to get lookout notice issued against the absconding persons who are involved in the unauthorised withdrawal of money from various bank accounts.

Sources said that there are more than two persons, who are also foreign nationals, involved in the racket. Two Romanian members of the racket have already been arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kolkata Police.

After interrogating the duo, the police have come to know about some more members of the racket and initiated a search for them. According to a senior police officer, the step to get lookout notice issued against them has been taken up so that they cannot escape through any airport or port in the country.

The investigating officers are also taking steps to interrogate another Romanian national who was arrested in May by Delhi Police on similar charges. The person is in Tihar Jail at present. A team of Kolkata Police comprising senior police officers will be questioning him in the jail itself.

In such a situation, Sunday night's incident at Kasba, in which a skimming machine was found in another ATM machine, had led to panic among people. Police suspect involvement of some local youths in this connection.

The police have collected the skimming machine and the panel in which camera was fitted. The CCTV footages have shown that the skimming machine was installed just 15 minutes before it was detected by one Soumyabrata Sen. The police have checked all the ATM machines in Kasba area on Monday, to avoid repetition of the incident.