2 men steal Rs 13 lakh from ATM, caught on camera

Gurgaon: Two unidentified persons have been booked in an ATM cash withdrawal fraud amounting to over Rs 13 lakh in Hero Honda Chowk, the police said on Saturday.
The crime came to the fore on April 21 when the ATM began to run dry within a few days of refilling cash, they said.
Nikhil Sharma, counsel for Euronet Service India — the company which has the contract for maintenance of ATMs - said the fraud was committed on April 16 at 11 a.m. in ICICI Bank ATM. He said the accused — captured in CCTV cameras installed inside the ATM - fled off with Rs 13.20 lakh.
A day before the crime, the bank had replenished Rs 23 lakh into the ATM.
A complaint was filed on July 30 following which a case was registered at Sector 37 police station under section 454 (house-trespass) and 380 (theft in a building) of IPC.
In a similar fraud, unknown accused looted Rs 12 lakh from an ATM in Gurgaon’s sector 37 on Saturday, the police said. The ATM was refilled with cash on Friday, they said, adding that the accused cut open the machine and fled with the cash tray. There is no CCTV footage, an officer said, adding that the probe is underway.
In April 2019, an unknown accused had targeted the same ATM and fled off with Rs 12 cash. At that time as well, there was no guard at the spot. However, the theft was captured on a CCTV camera. The theft was committed within 24 hours of loading cash into the ATM.