Cash worth Rs 44 lakh looted after man breaks open ATM machines in Tapi, sets one on fire

According to Vyara police, a mini motortruck was seen stopping extracurricular the ATM kiosk situated astatine Kanpura country connected Thursday night. One idiosyncratic alighted the vehicle, entered the kiosk and closed the shutters, they added.

The idiosyncratic past sprayed immoderate chemicals implicit CCTV cameras to debar being identified and, with the assistance of a state cutter, broke unfastened the 2 ATM machines and looted currency worthy Rs 44 lakh, constabulary said.

After the exigency alarm rang astatine the caput bureau astatine SBI, Mumbai, Tapi constabulary power country was alerted astir the incident.

Vyara constabulary reached the spot and recovered the ATM machines broken, currency missing and flames emanating from 1 of the machines.

A ailment successful this transportation was lodged by 1 of the employees of SBI astatine Vyara municipality constabulary presumption Friday aft which constabulary registered an offence of theft against 4 to 5 chartless persons.

Tapi territory Superintendent of Police Rahul Patel told The Indian Express, “The full incidental took spot wrong conscionable 12 to 15 minutes. We fishy engagement of a nonrecreational gang. Going done CCTV footage, we recovered that the mini motortruck ferried the accused to the periphery of the municipality aft which they took different conveyance to determination ahead. We are moving connected immoderate leads.”

He further said, “We are besides looking into details of radical who were earlier progressive successful akin ATM thefts successful Surat, Bharuch and Valsad. There was nary information defender deployed astatine the kiosk and we are trying to find retired wherefore specified a negligent attack was taken. We besides person CCTV footage showing the suspects performing a recce of the ATM centre, aggregate times, a fewer days ago.”