6 Held Over ATM Loot In Odisha’s Balangir, Rs 6.62 Lakh Recovered

Balangir: Six persons were arrested on Thursday for allegedly looting over Rs seven lakh from an ATM by cutting the machine with a gas cutter in Patnagarh area of Odisha’s Balangir district.

The arrested accused have been identified as Saddam Khan, Mustakeem , Rahul khan, Abid, Ahsan and Babbal. All the six hail from Rajasthan.

As per reports, an official of CMS company reported at Patnagarh police station alleging that he had loaded Rs. 7,64,000 at SBI ATM in Sarmuhan on December 16 evening. However, the next morning he came to know that some unidentified miscreants had committed theft of about seven lakh rupees from the same ATM kiosk by cutting it by gas cutter.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered and multiple teams comprising police officials of Patnagarh, Lathor, Belpada as well as cyber police station, DFSL, Balangir Safe City, CCTV control room and Cyber Cell were formed.

After thorough investigation, the teams were able to establish the identity of the involved criminals. Nagpur City police (MH state) and Seoni district police (MP state) also helped providing vital clues in the investigation process.

The accused have been apprehended by the team of cops. Cash of Rs 6,62,800, a car, six mobile phones, wallets, identity cards, one oxygen cylinder, fake number plates and other equipment and articles were seized from their possession.