Two held for 10 ATM robberies in Ahmedabad, all Rs 36 lakh recovered

According to DCB officials, the duo is part of a gang of around eight people, who are involved in ATM theft and burglaries.

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The two arrested broke open at least six ATMs and made away with Rs 36 lakh cash between March and June.

Claiming to have busted a gang of ATM thieves, the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) Friday arrested two persons, and recovered cash as well as the tools used to break open the machines. The duo have allegedly been involved in as many as 10 robberies in different parts of the state, and stole exactly Rs 36 lakh, all of which has been recovered.

According to DCB officials, the duo is part of a gang of around eight people, who are involved in ATM theft and burglaries. The two arrested broke open at least six ATMs and made away with Rs 36 lakh cash between March and June. Their attempts to rob four other ATMs failed.

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According to Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) J K Bhatt, the two arrested — Ramprakash Ram Murat Bind (27) and Chetan Shivabhai Parmar (27) both residents of Vadodara — are part of the gang also responsible for six buglaries.

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He said “Cases of ATM thefts have been rising in the state, hampering banking services and considering this during a state level security meeting of RBI officials, concerns had been expressed.”

He said that the gang was busted based on human intelligence, since the accused were not using phones or modes of electronic communication. He said that out of the 16 offences committed by the gang, the others probably settled with money they got during the burglaries.

However, the money they made by robbing the ATMs remained intact. According to Bhatt, the accused had at times run away when an ATM caught fire or the watchman had turned up. “In most of the cases they targeted the ATMs where guards were not present,” he said.

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