Two miscreants were caught red-handed while trying to break open an ATM machine in new market area under TT Nagar police station area late on Monday night.
While speaking with the media persons Additional Superintendent of Police Zone 1 Dilip Singh Tomar told that two miscreants were found lurking suspicious near ATM and when checked tools were found inside the ATM. When the detainees were questioned they accepted that they made an unsuccessful attempt to break the ATM machine.
Addl SP Tomar further added that the two accused confessed that this is third attempt of ATM theft but they failed in all the three attempts. In the three attempts they have used different tools as after they failed in the first attempt they tried different tools and after failing in their second attempt they went for third type of tools but all in vain.
Nabbed accused were identified as Santosh alias Golu of Bhadbhada and Faheem Khan (30) of Jehangirabad. Both the accused are habitual offenders. Faheem was booked for murder, bullying, extortion, threatening of life and possession of illegal weapons. Santosh was booked for vehicle theft. His father Shivdayal Prajapati is deployed with the 25th battalion of SAF.
Meanwhile, during the vehicle checking drive, a vehicle lifter was nabbed and around 7 vehicles were recovered from his possession by Gautam Nagar police on Monday.
According to the police Narendra Singh Thakur (23) was stopped and when questioned he confirmed vehicle thefts in Jehangirabad, MP Nagar, Mangalwara, Aishbagh, Teelajamalpura and Sidhi Colony areas. Thakur holds criminal record and was booked for burglary and thefts in Jehangirabad area in the past.