Ludhiana: Khanna Police Three members of the inter-state gang, including an electronic engineer involved in this, have been arrested. ATM fraud. The accused were identified as mohammed wazido Palwal of Haryana, Abbas of Nuh Haryana and Altaf of the same region.
Addressing media persons on Tuesday afternoon, SP Investigation Khanna said that a police team had received a tip-off that people involved in fraudulent withdrawal/stealing of money from various ATM machines in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi NCR, UP and other states with the help of individuals. ATM cards and special equipment are coming in a car and they can be caught. He said that based on a tip-off, the police party set up a special check post at Malerkotla Chowk on GT Road in Khanna and arrested the accused who were coming in a car from Lalheri Chowk on Khanna’s side.
Police officials said that they have registered a case of cheating and theft against the accused in Khanna town two police station. He said that 11 ATM cards of various banks and 2 special steel instruments (kundis) have been recovered from them.
Police said that during interrogation it has come to the fore that when the accused used to withdraw money from the ATM machines by inserting a specially designed steel device (lunch) in the money dispensing tray of the ATM machine, the money used to come out of the tray. The ATM will turn off the power supply to the machine and withdraw the money by removing the device from the tray. After that they filed an online complaint with the bank to return their money stuck in the ATM machine, the police said.
“They have cheated various banks to the tune of Rs 6 crore by withdrawing money from ATM machines located in Goa, Karela, West Bengal, Delhi NCR, UP, Maharashtra and other states. His other associates are from villages near Gangote in Haryana’s Palwal Faridabad district. This village Gangote becomes the second Jamtara, where most of the people have a habit of committing this type of fraud,” said the police.
“His assets worth Rs 2-3 crore have been identified and will be attached/freeze soon. The accused Altaf is an electronic engineer. The accused are still being interrogated, there is a possibility of big revelations.
Addressing media persons on Tuesday afternoon, SP Investigation Khanna said that a police team had received a tip-off that people involved in fraudulent withdrawal/stealing of money from various ATM machines in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi NCR, UP and other states with the help of individuals. ATM cards and special equipment are coming in a car and they can be caught. He said that based on a tip-off, the police party set up a special check post at Malerkotla Chowk on GT Road in Khanna and arrested the accused who were coming in a car from Lalheri Chowk on Khanna’s side.
Police officials said that they have registered a case of cheating and theft against the accused in Khanna town two police station. He said that 11 ATM cards of various banks and 2 special steel instruments (kundis) have been recovered from them.
Police said that during interrogation it has come to the fore that when the accused used to withdraw money from the ATM machines by inserting a specially designed steel device (lunch) in the money dispensing tray of the ATM machine, the money used to come out of the tray. The ATM will turn off the power supply to the machine and withdraw the money by removing the device from the tray. After that they filed an online complaint with the bank to return their money stuck in the ATM machine, the police said.
“They have cheated various banks to the tune of Rs 6 crore by withdrawing money from ATM machines located in Goa, Karela, West Bengal, Delhi NCR, UP, Maharashtra and other states. His other associates are from villages near Gangote in Haryana’s Palwal Faridabad district. This village Gangote becomes the second Jamtara, where most of the people have a habit of committing this type of fraud,” said the police.
“His assets worth Rs 2-3 crore have been identified and will be attached/freeze soon. The accused Altaf is an electronic engineer. The accused are still being interrogated, there is a possibility of big revelations.
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