Two weeks after a woman was assaulted by a machete-wielding man at an ATM vestibule in Bengaluru, the state government, in an attempt to safeguard its citizens, held a meeting with bank representatives and asked that all ATMs have CCTV cameras by January 2014. However, this idea was met with stiff opposition from the officials of the Indian Banks Association (IBA).

One of the measures suggested by minister of state for home Satej Patil was that doors at ATMs should be clear of any advertisements to allow clear vision of movements inside the kiosk. Representation pic