Uttarakhand Police have busted an inter-State ATM loot racket and arrested five people on Tuesday. Reports were coming from the hilly areas that a gang of thugs were looting the people on the pretext of helping them draw money from the machines. Police sprang into action after a case was lodged in Gopeshwar police station in May this year.
in this regard, Superitendent of Police, Chamoli, Preeti Priyadarshini had instructed Chamoli CO and SO Gopeshwar Kavindra Sharma to keep vigilance. A group of five people was seen moving suspiciously on Pokhri Band on July 11.
Police recovered 35 ATM cards and `25,000 in cash from their possession. During interrogation, the fraudsters have reportedly admitted to having deceived several people.
Police further said that the gang members had already been tagged with criminal cases of duping several persons of their money.