Ujjain police have nabbed accused involved in stealing Rs 23 lakh from ATM.

The accused entered the ATM wearing a black helmet-raincoat and ran away with the money in 10 minutes.

The mastermind of the theft of more than Rs 22.93 lakh from an ATM in Khachrod, Ujjain, turned out to be a maintenance employee. The accused, who holds an MSc (IT) degree, committed the crime along with his friend. The police arrested both the accused within 24 hours of filing the FIR.

The incident took place on the  night of 28 July at a Bank of India ATM just 500 meters away from Khachrod police station. It was revealed on August 5, when bank employees came to withdraw cash from the deposit machine. They did not find the cassette in the ATM installed near the deposit machine. The CCTV cameras of the ATM gallery were sprayed with black paint.

Ujjain SP Pradeep Sharma said, 'On August 5, the bank's branch manager Neelkamal Panchal had lodged an FIR. He had told that the password door, four cassettes for keeping cash and Rs 22.93 lakh were stolen from the ATM.

When the CCTV cameras were checked, two people were seen entering the ATM between 1 and 2  in the night of July 28 They were wearing black helmet and raincoat. One person sprayed on the CCTV cameras while the other was seen tampering with the machine. Within 10 minutes, both were seen carrying away the goods in a black bag.'

During the investigation, it became clear that whoever has committed the theft, has complete knowledge about the ATM machine. There was no vandalism in the machine. It was opened by entering the password. During interrogation of the bank employees, it was found that the private agency had sent Rituraj Singh for the maintenance of the ATM on 26th July.

On the basis of this input, the police took Rituraj into custody. At first, he tried to mislead the police, but broke down when strict action was taken. He accepted that he had stolen the ATM along with Shubham Joshi. He told that he had given some of the stolen money to Shubham without counting it. The rest was hidden at his relative's house in Nalkheda, Agar Malwa.

Rituraj Singh told that he had gone to the ATM gallery for maintenance with the bank employees at around 5 pm on 26th July. During this time, a bank employee opened the machine. At that time, Rituraj saw the password. Later, he wrote it down.

With the help of this password, they opened the machine on the night of 28-29 and committed the theft.

The pictures were captured in the camera of the ATM situated in front

The accused sprayed black paint on the cameras of the ATM gallery so that nothing could be seen in the footage. But they were caught stealing money from another ATM situated in front of the ATM from which they stole money.