Nagpur: In a joint operation by police teams from Nagpur city, rural, Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh, three members of an ATM breakers’ gang from Rajasthan were intercepted at Patansawangi while they were trying to flee in a container. One of their accomplice, however, managed to flee.
It’s learnt the gang had stolen a police jeep from Hyderabad and left the state. After realizing their mistake, the gang abandoned the vehicle and convinced a container driver to take them to some destination.
The gang had stolen Rs16 lakh from an ATM in Madhya Pradesh on December 3. The gang had gone to Hyderabad for targeting ATMs, but on their way back they had stolen the police vehicle.
With the help of cyber and mobile phone technology, the gang was nabbed from a container.