A burglary attempt was foiled by alert patrol policemen in Noida’s Sector 49 area around 2 am on Sunday. The two arrested men were trying to prise open an ATM of a public sector bank on Dadri-Surajpur-Chhalera (DSC) Road, which had Rs20 lakh.
The accused have been identified as Rohitash Chauhan, alias Bablu and Gulshan Tiwari, alias Bitti. While Chauhan is from Mainpuri, Bitti is a native of Muzaffarpur in Bihar. They worked in the housekeeping department of a private university in Noida.
Raj Kumar Mishra, Deputy Superintendent of Police, said that the two had also tried to break open an Axis Bank ATM in Sadarpur in Noida four days ago. Police found an iron rod, a knife, a screwdriver and other equipment inside the ATM. The ATM belonged to State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur. “The criminals could not take the cash. However, they broke the front cover screen of the ATM,” Mishra said. The DSP said that the miscreants had conducted a recce of the area before attempting the burglary.