A man was duped of Rs20,000 after he was tricked by half screen of the ATM painted by some miscreants. The incident occurred in Agrasen Chowk of Ramsagar Para area in the city, police said on Sunday. According to the police, the victim Ganesh Chouhan resident of Bajrang Nagar had reached SBI ATM located near Sona Tower at Agrasen Chowk in Ram Sagarpara locality under Azaad Chowk police station.
The victim at the ATM found that lower half of the screen of ATM had a strip of green colour. Not suspecting any malfunction in machine, he inserted his ATM in the machine and after completing formalities entered the PIN number, police said. Due to green patch in the lower half of the ATM screen he was not able to enter amount to be withdrawn and moved out of ATM without withdrawing money from his account, police said.
Sometimes later, he received a message that that cash Rs20,000 were withdrawn from his account. The victim rushed to the bank authorities who found out that screen of the ATM was painted by some notorious persons. A case in this connection has been registered and police is trying to identify the offender through video grab in camera inside the ATM Center.