Sensational ATM theft case busted in Kadapa
The Hindu
Notorious Haryana gang behind the crime, say police
A notorious inter-State gang was arrested by the Kadapa police on Sunday for stealing ₹17.76 lakh from an ATM in the district a few days ago.
A duo was sighted entering the SBI ATM kiosk near KSRM Engineering College in C.K.Dinne mandal and spraying a black liquid over the CCTV camera to hide their identity before breaking open the ATM machine with the help of gas cutters and other high-end hardware. They escaped with ₹17,76,400 in cash. They again robbed another ATM in similar fashion at Ramanjaneyapuram where they made away with ₹24,43,400.
“Since there was no case history for us on this modus operandi, it appeared to be a challenge,” Superintendent of Police K.K.N. Anburajan told reporters on Sunday. Records pertaining to similar offences in Anantapur, Chittoor, Kurnool and Prakasam districts and from Hyderabad as well were brought and special teams dispatched to study the investigation process, from where the police secured details and photographs of the accused. “It was found that the accused hailing from Haryana adopted the tactics of smuggling small cars inside large containers and using them for conducting the crime locally to conceal their identity,” he observed.
With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.