Three ATMs broken into by thieves, over Rs 7.5 lakh stolen

Bhusawal, Jan 14 (PTI) Thieves using gas cutters todaybroke open three ATMs here and stole cash worth over Rs 7.5lakh, police said.The three inci...

Bhusawal, Jan 14 (PTI) Thieves using gas cutters todaybroke open three ATMs here and stole cash worth over Rs 7.5lakh, police said.

The three incidents happened in the early hours oftoday and the ATMs were unmanned, police informed.

Investigating officials added that all the threeevents are related as the modus operandi as well as the carused to flee were the same.

In the first incident, thieves stole cash worth Rs3.14 lakh from an Axis Bank ATM situated in Bhusawal withpolice stating that the car they used was stolen from a localresident named Mahesh Sali.

Investigating officer Sagarika Khairnar of Bhusawalpolice said that the thieves had covered the CCTV camerainstalled over the ATM and had also tied cloth around theirfaces to mask their identities.

In a similar manner, two ATMs were broken into atDhanora village in Adwad near here and at Kingaon in Yawaltehsil.

Yawal police inspector Dattatraya Pardeshi said thatATM was of Indicash company and the firm has filed a complaintthat cash worth Rs 75,000 was stolen.

Assistant Inspector Jaipal Hire of Adwad police saidthe ATM broken into at Adwad belonged to the Central Bank ofIndia and a complaint of cash worth Rs 3.63 lakh stolen hasbeen registered.

Police teams have been formed to track down thethieves, officials said. PTI CORBNM.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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