4 bank ATMs targeted in Surat, cash worth 94 lakhs stolen

Surat:

Cash worth over 94 lakhs was stolen from three bank ATMs in Surat city late last night when a total of four such cash dispensing machines were targeted by unknown criminals.

Police officer A K Verma today said that three of the ATMs were in Sachin GIDC police station area while one was in Udhana locality. These all were of private sector banks; 3 of Axis bank and one of ICICI bank.

The cash vault of an ICICI bank ATM near Royal park society in Sachin GIDC was cut by gas cutter and cash worth 43 lakh two thousand and three hundred was stolen from it. An Axis Bank ATM close to Vishalnagar society in the same area was targeted in the same manner and cash worth 8.85 lakh was stolen. Another Axis bank ATM near Shivnagar society was targeted unsuccessfully and was left damaged in the same area.

In Udhana area close to Harinagar cash worth 42 lakh 99 thousand and three hundred was stolen in similar manner from another Axix bank ATM.

The CCTV cameras of the all the ATMs were damaged. Incidentally none of these had any security guard.

Police was investigating the matter. It was not yet clear whether all the incidents were handiwork of any one gang or there were different criminal gangs involved in it.

DeshGujarat