Shahjehanabad police have booked two unidentified miscreants for breaking Any Time Payment (ATP) machine of MPSEB office at Sultania road and escaped with Rs 1.75 lakh in the night on Wednesday.
Police have found that two miscreants targeted ATP machine after entering the kiosk at the MPSEB office and escaped with the cash in the machine.
In the initial investigation it could be seen in the CCTV footages that there are two miscreants who break into the kiosk and broke the machine and took the cash which was present in the machine.
The Investigating Officer SI Mohan Gaur said that after the MPSEB staff found that the machine was targeted and cash stolen the senior officials were informed and complaint was lodged with the police. Complaint was lodged by Rajkumar Saini who is posted as helper in the MPEB.
Based on the complaint case was registered against the two unidentified miscreants which were seen in the CCTV footage but from the footage faces could not be recognized. The machine was having a collection of electricity money of two days, he added.
During the investigation it was found that the machine security guard was not deployed at the ATP machine. The miscreants broke lock of the shutter of the kiosk and lock of the machine which helped them to remove the money easily.