Make light work of carrying 800-kg cash machine containing Rs 7.6 lakh

Theives are now tweaking their ways to beat technology. Well aware that most ATM booths are fitted with CCTV cameras, burglars lifted an 800-kg cash machine, so that its in-built cameras do not give them away.
The theft took place at the ATM centre of Union Bank of India in Chikhali area near the Regional Transport Office yesterday.


Night machination: Police investigate the ATM booth with the missing
ATM. Pic/Navnath Kaple

A shopkeeper noticed that the machine inside the ATM cabinet was missing and immediately informed the police. The police said the thieves had first blocked the view of the camera fitted at the entrance of the ATM booth with a flex board and then decamped with the cash machine containing Rs 7.6 lakh. This happened just a day after a similar attempt-to-break-in occurred at the ATM centre on Jangali Maharaj Road. The thieves there were, however, unsuccessful.u00a0 The Dehu road police said the incident took place in the wee hours yesterday. The burglars were successful in their handiwork because the machine was not fixed properly to the floor.