Alert policemen foil attempt to loot ATM in Giridih

attempt to loot cash from ATM at SBI ,Pordag branch under the Nimiaghat police station here on Saturday early morning, following prompt information given by local people to a near by Nimiaghat police patrolling party.The prompt intervention of the patrolling party resulted in the recovery of ATM machine along with a pickup van and a mobile roundabout at Pordag area.

According to police sources ,some unidentified pickup van borne miscreants entered the Pordag SBI branch premises where an ATM was established at around 2am and held the local guard on gun point .They first brooked an ATM from the ground and loaded in the pickup van.Acting on the information provided by the local house holder, the police patrolling party swung into action and reached the spot .While pickup van bearing registration no-JH09X -1820 was kept standing with its ATM near the Bank premises. As soon as the perpetrators saw the police ,they started flee from the spot after leavening the pickup van .But the police recovered the van along with ATM machine and a mobile .