An ATM cash box of SBI having Rs 4.65 lakh at Danish Nagar was stolen by miscreants by breaking into SBI ATM using welding machines on Thursday.
Police were informed after broken ATM was spotted by locals in the morning on Thursday. Bank officials and police rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation and found Rs 4.65 lakh were stolen from the ATM.
ASP Zone 2 Vikas Kumar Shahwal said that the ATM was not deployed with security guard and cash box was removed using gas cutters which could be inferred from the circumstantial evidences.
During the investigation around 2-3 footages of CCTV cameras installed in the nearby areas have been obtained and investigation has been started of these footages, he added.
The ATM is situated at the main road but it remains a secluded unit and deserted during nights which provide easy target, said police.
The wires connected with the CCTV cameras installed inside the ATM were disconnected before the incident to leave any evidence of the crime.
A cutter was used to cut ATM machine to reach cash box and escaped with the cash box carrying Rs 4.65 lakh.
Interestingly at the time of the incident night patrolling was shoulder by ASP Zone 2 Vikas Kumar Shahwal, CSP Govindpura Virendra Mishra and SI of Misrod police and FRV Dial -100 but still the miscreants managed to steal.
Police said that as the CCTV installed at the ATM were disconnected nearby installed CCTV cameras would be investigated.