Police taking leaf from the incident in which a woman was injured after an assailant attacked her in ATM centre in Bangalore, have decided to issue a directive to banks for keeping guards in the ATM centres.
The Superintend of Police Raipur OP Pal talking with The Pioneer over phone informed that they have earlier also written to the banks for keeping guards in the ATM centre. “After the Bangalore incident, we have decide to talk with banks for appointing guards in the ATM centre for ensuring the safety of people,” informed SP, OP Pal.
The incident had hogged national media attention after a woman, manager at Corporation Bank, was critically injured after a person attacked her with the machete in the ATM centre in Bangalore on November 19. The video of the ATM centre went viral and the Karnataka Government had directed the banks to appoint security guards in ATM centres.
Noteworthy here is that in Raipur also in different ATM centre people have been cheated by some anti-social elements by changing the ATM cards.