Miscreant involved in looting of money from ATM held

The Bagh Sewania police have nabbed a miscreant involved in stealing money from ATM of Punjab National Bank at Vidhya Nagar on July 12. According to the police, the accused Anil was found disturbing the machine and when searched around Rs 4100 were found missing.The accused used to work for cash handling management service and was aware of the password of the ATM which he used to remove money from the machine. When the CCTV footage was searched and the RBI chest was checked the discrepancy in the total emerged after which a complaint was made by the branch manager of Punjab National Bank Ravi Vishwakarma. He received information from Mumbai that on July 12 that the ATM has been opened by wrong means and after receiving the information he contacted employee assigned to check cash in the machine Alok who told that he returned after checking the cash. later, when the bank manager searched the video he found that after Alok returned Anil Choudhary opened the machine and took something out of the machine.

On Tuesday, when the bank manager Ravi along with RBI officials checked the chest of the machine, they around Rs 4100 were missing after which a complaint with the police was made and during the investigation Anil confessed to the stealing.Anil told the police when the machine fails to eject money it goes to the trash bin and the bank receives the information after few days due to which he chose to take money.

The Punjab National Bank ATMs are equipped with surveillance system which keeps an eye round the clock and which is monitored from Mumbai. During the investigation police found that it was negligence on the part of the company handling the cash management system.