The Dehradun police on Monday arrested three absconding accused from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli who had allegedly committed fraud of about Rs 50 lakh by tampering with ATMs and recyclers. The senior superintendent of police Ajai Singh said that the branch manager of CMS Infosys Limited Sudhakar Dhoundiyal gave a written application in the Nehru Colony police station on December 14 stating that their company works with various banks in depositing and withdrawing money from ATMs and recyclers- devices that dispense cash as well as allow customer to make deposits. He alleged that four of their employees Parveen Maurya, Shivam, Gaurav Kumar, and Rishabh along with their accomplices Manoj Yadav, Ankit Yadav and Ajay Pratap Singh had embezzled a total of Rs 49.88 lakh from Patelnagar branch of Bank of Baroda by stealing it from the ATM and the recycler machine on different dates. He said that considering the seriousness of the situation, a police team was formed that raided all the possible hiding place of the accused. The police arrested three accused Parveen, Shivam and Ankit from Raebareli late on Sunday and recovered Rs four lakh in cash. According to them, they had divided the stolen amount among one another. The police got the transit remand of the arrested accused and brought them to Dehradun on Monday, said Singh. He said that the police will arrest the remaining absconding accused soon.
