A case of theft of Rs6.8 lakh from a Canara Bank ATM at Basant Kunj under Shahpura police station area was reported on Thursday; company involved in cash management of ATM was involved in the crime, as password was used to open the machine, claimed the police.
According to the police, Rs6.80 lakh cash was found missing from Canara Bank ATM by the location in-charge of the company, Sandeep Kalyani. The matter surfaced after location Kalyani found that the ATM ran out of cash on April 13 and when he went to check, found that the cash was missing.
A complaint was lodged by location in-charge Sandeep Kalyane of Right Save Guard Company which handles the cash management services for the bank.
In his complaint, Kalyani claimed that when the ATM machine was checked on April 6 it was found upto the mark and the cash was appropriate according to the filling done on the previous date but when it was checked on April 13 cash was found less and when the cash was checked Rs6.8 lakh was found less from in the ATM machine.
Kalyane reported the incident to the senior officials who instructed to immediately lodge a complaint with the police.
On April 13, the machine should have Rs6.80 lakh but when it was checked the cash was missing and the ATM machine was not found damaged.
In the initial investigation police found that the miscreants glued paper over the camera to block recording their movements and establishing their identity.
The company officials have told the police that password of ATM machine was used to remove the money which is with the employees of the company.
The police have registered a case under section 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.