Rs 23 Lakh missing from ATM after robbery bid
20 Feb 2015 6:36 AM IST
In second such incident in the last three days, three unidentified men uprooted an unguarded ATM machine and looted cash around Rs 17.5 lakh in north Delhi’s Wazirabad, police said on Thursday.
Yogendra Kumar, the person in charge of guarding the Corporation Bank ATM, first raised alarm at around 6 am by contacting a field officer of the bank who further informed the police.
According to the police, the accused, who came riding a mini truck, struck the installation at around 2
am on Thursday. “The thieves executed the operation within a matter of a few minutes by covering the CCTV cameras inside the cabin with tapes. But some other CCTV cameras around the ATM machine enclosure captured the faces of the suspects,” a police officer said.
Police added that the ATM, that remains unguarded from 11 pm to 6 am, was full of cash as it was replenished on Thursday.
Yogendra Kumar, the person in charge of guarding the Corporation Bank ATM, first raised alarm at around 6 am by contacting a field officer of the bank who further informed the police.
According to the police, the accused, who came riding a mini truck, struck the installation at around 2
am on Thursday. “The thieves executed the operation within a matter of a few minutes by covering the CCTV cameras inside the cabin with tapes. But some other CCTV cameras around the ATM machine enclosure captured the faces of the suspects,” a police officer said.
Police added that the ATM, that remains unguarded from 11 pm to 6 am, was full of cash as it was replenished on Thursday.
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