A day after miscreants looted around Rs 30 lakh from three ATMs in Bhadrak, some unidentified miscreants on Friday night ransacked an SBI ATM at Charichhak Bazaar in Nimapada in Puri but failed to loot money.
Besides, the miscreants broke the CCTV cameras installed at the ATM. Being informed about the incident, the Nimapada police rushed to the spot and started investigation into the matter.
In another incident, which came to notice on Saturday, miscreants had on Wednesday night ransacked the ICICI Bank ATM at Soro in Baleswar district and decamped with Rs 8.95 lakh. The matter came to light on Saturday. The locals initially thought that the ATM developed technical snag. But when they informed the bank authorities, an inspection was made and it was confirmed that the ATM was ransacked and Rs 8.95 lakh was looted.
Notably, nearly Rs 30 lakh had been stolen from three ATMs at Chandia Bazaar and the Kuansa area under the Bhadrak rural police limits on the same Wednesday night. The three ATMs belonged to ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and SBI.