Four persons came in a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and tied the ATM to it with a yellow coloured belt. They tried to pull the ATM with the help of the vehicle but did not succeed, a police official said
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Four thieves tried to break an ATM and pull it away with the help of an SUV in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city but failed in their attempt and fled, police said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.
A case has been registered in this connection against the unidentified thieves, they said.
The incident took place between 3 am and 4 am on Monday at the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) located at the Shahnoorwadi branch of the country's largest lender State Bank of India, reported PTI.
Four persons came in a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and tied the ATM to it with a yellow coloured belt. They tried to pull the ATM with the help of the vehicle but did not succeed, a police official said, reported PTI.
The thieves also damaged the CCTV cameras installed inside the ATM cabin and tried to open the cash dispensing machine with the help of a screw driver, but failed in that also and fled, he said, reported PTI.
Following a complaint by the bank's branch manager, a case was registered at the Jawaharnagar police station on Monday under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for theft, mischief and common intention in criminal act, the official said.
Retired pvt firm executive loses Rs 2.60 cr on promise of high share market investment returns
In another case, a retired executive of a private company was duped of Rs 2.60 crore by two groups that promised him high returns on share market investments, a police official said on Monday, reported PTI.
He first came across an advertisement on Facebook on such investments and was made to a join a Whatsapp group, after which he put in Rs 56.20 lakh on the advice of the administrator and other members, the official said.
"He was then added to another Whatsapp group after he clicked on a second advertisement. In this, he lost Rs 2.07 crore. He realised he had been duped after he was unable withdraw amounts that were shown as profits. The Central Region cyber police have registered a case and efforts are on to nab the accused," the official said, reported PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
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