ATM security guard murdered by unidentified robbers

A 70-yr-old person, Shiv Charan Sharma, resident of Shyampur Colony who was working as a security guard at the ATM of Axis Bank was strangled to death by unidentified criminals under Kashipur police circle area on Sunday midnight.The ATM was located around one kilometer away from ITI police station but the police were unaware of the incident and rushed to the spot after local residents informed them.

Unidentified robbers, who reached the ATM at midnight, might have strangled Sharma to death after receiving resistance from him. These criminals had made a failed attempt to damage the ATM. They escaped from the site without stealing money from the ATM, said the police. Police rushed to the ATM after local persons who had visited ATM to withdraw money, informed the police. 

Deceased’s son Vijay Sharma has registered a complaint and a case under appropriate sections of IPC was registered in ITI Police Station on Monday, said ITI Police Station in-charge Harendra Choudhary. Deceased was an employee of CSS security agency. Some suspects are being grilled, he added.

Kashipur Circle officer Prakash Chandra Arya said that several teams from Special Task Force (STF), Special Operation Group (SOG) and local police station have been formed and they are working hard to crack the case. Some police teams have been sent to neighbouring districts of Uttar Pradesh.  The police are also reviewing the CCTV footage and it is early to say anything about how many criminals involved in this incident.  

The incidents of ATM robbery are on rise in Udham Singh Nagar district. The district police are still groping in the dark regarding the identities of the five persons who had allegedly removed the cash tray of an ATM machine of ICICI bank and then decamped with it. The machine contained cash of around Rs7.5 lakh.