Thieves steal Rs 16L from ATM near Chakan

  • | Monday | 1st April, 2019

We are trying to ascertain whether there are any CCTV cameras inside,” Kathore said.He said the suspects had used a gas cutter to cut open the machine and steal the cash. “We are expecting to get a breakthrough soon,” he said.There was no security guard deployed at the kiosk. They had used gas cutters to remove the ATM from its pedestal. “The staffers of the agency that manages the ATM, after a preliminary check, confirmed that Rs15.94 lakh was stolen,” Kathore said.The police checked the footage from the CCTV cameras installed on the neighbouring establishments. “Banks do not normally deploy security guards at ATM kiosks as the cash inside the ATM has insurance cover,” an officer from the crime branch said.Recently, TOI had reported a bizarre incident in which a thieves stole an entire ATM containing Rs30 lakh in Bhosari.

Pune: A gang of unidentified men cut open a public sector bank’s ATM in Khalumbre village near Chakan and stole Rs15.94 lakh in the early hours of Saturday.This was the eighth incident in which cash was stolen from ATMs in the Pimpri Chinchwad area since July last year. In all, Rs1.2 crore in cash was stolen from ATMs across the city.“We suspect involvement of an inter-state gang in these thefts,” a Pimpri Chinchwad police officer said.The theft was discovered on Saturday morning, when a customer of the bank went to the ATM and found it cut open. The customer immediately alerted the Chakan police. An employee of the agency that manages the ATM for the bank has lodged a complaint.Sub-inspector Pramod Kathore, who is probing the case, told TOI that no security guard was deployed at the ATM kiosk in Khalumbre, which is about 32k from Pune. “Before entering the kiosk, the suspects had changed the direction of the CCTV cameras installed outside. We are trying to ascertain whether there are any CCTV cameras inside,” Kathore said.He said the suspects had used a gas cutter to cut open the machine and steal the cash. “The staffers of the agency that manages the ATM, after a preliminary check, confirmed that Rs15.94 lakh was stolen,” Kathore said.The police checked the footage from the CCTV cameras installed on the neighbouring establishments. “Prima facie probe has revealed that there were three masked men involved in the theft,” Kathore said.Kathore said they have a few leads. “We are expecting to get a breakthrough soon,” he said.There was no security guard deployed at the kiosk. “Banks do not normally deploy security guards at ATM kiosks as the cash inside the ATM has insurance cover,” an officer from the crime branch said.Recently, TOI had reported a bizarre incident in which a thieves stole an entire ATM containing Rs30 lakh in Bhosari. They had used gas cutters to remove the ATM from its pedestal.

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