PUNE: A gang involved in stealing cash from automated teller machines struck at Rahatani and stole Rs 12.84 lakh in the early hours of Wednesday but had to leave empty-handed from a kiosk in Mhalunge because the siren went off.
The Wakad police have obtained a CCTV footage from the kiosk at Rahatani showing three men entering the kiosk (see graphic). They then cut open the automated teller machine (ATM) using a gas cutter and fled with the currency notes from the tray.
On January 26, Rs 8 lakh was stolen a private bank’s ATM in Wakad.
The three persons entered the private bank’s unmanned ATM kiosk on Link Road at Rahatani around 2am on Wednesday through the half-open shutter with the gas cutter. One of them walked out and stood guard outside the kiosk. The two others removed the panels and cut open the machine using the gas cutter. The duo then shifted the currency notes to their third accomplice, waiting outside.
The neighbouring shop owners noticed the burnt ATM in the morning and alerted the Wakad police. Senior inspector Vivek Mugalikar said there was Rs12.84 lakh in the ATM.
“It was a complete failure on the part of the agency looking after the ATM. There was no security guard and siren at the kiosk,” he said.
He said the suspects had smashed the CCTV cameras outside the kiosk. “We have obtained the footage from the cameras installed inside the kiosk,” he said.
In Mhalunge, the siren at the kiosk went off after the suspects broke open the ATM of a private bank. So, they fled without stealing the cash in the ATM.
The Wakad police have obtained a CCTV footage from the kiosk at Rahatani showing three men entering the kiosk (see graphic). They then cut open the automated teller machine (ATM) using a gas cutter and fled with the currency notes from the tray.
On January 26, Rs 8 lakh was stolen a private bank’s ATM in Wakad.
The three persons entered the private bank’s unmanned ATM kiosk on Link Road at Rahatani around 2am on Wednesday through the half-open shutter with the gas cutter. One of them walked out and stood guard outside the kiosk. The two others removed the panels and cut open the machine using the gas cutter. The duo then shifted the currency notes to their third accomplice, waiting outside.
The neighbouring shop owners noticed the burnt ATM in the morning and alerted the Wakad police. Senior inspector Vivek Mugalikar said there was Rs12.84 lakh in the ATM.
“It was a complete failure on the part of the agency looking after the ATM. There was no security guard and siren at the kiosk,” he said.
He said the suspects had smashed the CCTV cameras outside the kiosk. “We have obtained the footage from the cameras installed inside the kiosk,” he said.
In Mhalunge, the siren at the kiosk went off after the suspects broke open the ATM of a private bank. So, they fled without stealing the cash in the ATM.
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