The Balangir police have on January 24 arrested the main accused involved in looting huge amount of cash from different ATMs here, Saintala, Badmal, Tusura and and other places of the district during November 2016 from Kolkata.
The main accused in the ATM loot case Sunil Kumar Sahu was working with the CMS Company which is engaged in cash management, ATM cash replenishment and provides services to various banks.
Sunil along with another colleague Rajat Swain was given the responsibility to load Rs1.28 crore in different banks with a list.
Sunil loaded the cash in different banks ATM on November 5 and on November 6, it was found that more than Rs80.29 lakh was missing from different ATMs.
After CMS manager Goutam Nag lodged a complaint with the police, a case was registered in the Town police station under sections 406,408/34 of IPC and 66 of IT Act.
However, Sunil fled to Kolkata with Rs 80. 29 lakh. With the help of a broker there, he exchanged the old currency notes with new after demonetisation was announced.
The police formed a special squad and using electronic surveillance and other methods police arrested Sunil from Kolkata on Tuesday and seized Rs26.46 lakh cash from his possession.
This included 810 Rs2,000 notes amounting to Rs16.20 lakh and the rest amount of Rs10, 26 lakh in Rs100 notes. He was staying in a rented house under the Anandapur PS in Kolkata, said district Superintendent of Police Ashis Singh to the media on Friday.