Police crack Jaipur ATM robbery case, arrest 3

JAIPUR: With coordinated efforts, Jaipur police on Monday managed to crack the case of ATM robbery in which robbers decamped with nearly Rs 23.85 lakh from Mohana police station area in the city.
Police arrested three persons, including a Kashmiri youth, in this connection while four other identified accused were at large. Police stated that everyone in the gang had a well-defined role and after the robbery the money was distributed and the robbers even deposited in the banks.
Police have also recovered gas cutters, blow pipes, gas cylinders, ATM machine boxes, a car and a bike from the possession of the arrested accused Devendra alias Deva of Haryana, Ranjan Kumar, a resident of Gurugram and Abdul Waheed, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir.
Additional commissioner (crime) Ashok Kumar Gupta said during interrogation of accused Abdul Waheed, it came to light that he used to work in a company and work for saffron supply while staying in Patrakar Colony of Mansarover. “As he had no work during the lockdown he planned to rob an ATM. He came in contact with one Devendra alias Deva who was recently bailed out in a 2017 case of robbery of 30kg gold and Rs 8 lakh from Manappuram Gold Loan office in Gurgaon,” Gupta added.
“They deposited the money in banks and efforts are on to recover the money they have robbed,” he added.
Police said that Deva knew some of the Meo gangs who are masters in cutting ATM machines within minutes. “They contacted some of the members of Meo gangs who cut the machine and only seek their remuneration,” he added.
Soon after the incident, several teams were formed. “Firstly we caught Devendra from Kaithal in Haryana and the second team arrested Ranjan Kumar from Gurgaon and the third team arrested Abdul Waheed from Jaipur,” he added.
Police believe that all the gang members had prior acquaintance with the Meo gangs. “We have arrested three of them and when the other four who were responsible for cutting the ATM machine are caught the picture would be clear,” Gupta added.
Police said all the gang members visit various parts of the country and take house on rent on the pretext of working in a multi-national company. All of them had well defined roles from recce to executing the robbery and cutting the machine.
The three arrested were in touch with Meo gang and had prior acquaintance. Police said further interrogation of the accused will fetch them some clues in other ATM robberies as it appears that they were in touch for a long time. Also the three accused came to Jaipur a month ago when there was some relaxation in the lockdown.