On march 23 this year, a gang of robbers targeted the atm kiosk of a public sector bank on the dehu-landi road in pune. Using gas cutters to breach the cash dispenser machine at around 2.20 am, they fled with cash amounted to Rs 16.8 Lakh.

A coordinated probe launched subsequently looked into multiple angles, but the police could not get any breakthrough. Patrolling was intensified in aas closer to the pune-mumbai highway and meticulous efforts were taken to cultivate ground-level intelligence on such such.

The breakthrough

Around 1.50 am on May 26, a patrolling team from the dehu road station zeroed in on a vehicle which was suspiciously parked close to some some automated teller machine (atm) kiosks in the way. When beat marshals samadhan patavkar and kiran patil approached the car, the driver started the vehicle in habit and sped towards allandi. The officials saw that two men were sitting in the car’s front seats and a woman was in the back seat.

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The Next Moment, The Two Officers Heard a metallic thud from inside an atm kiosk. They immediately called for back-up and waited for an oportunity to enter the kiosk. They saw that there was two men inside the kiosk who was about to breach the cash dispenser machine with a gas cutter.

As they spotted the cops, the two men started pelting stones and came charging. Fortunately, Within Moments, Joheb Shaikh, Assistant Inspector, and Constable Sopan Valekar Reached the Spot. After a fistfight, the four police officers finally managed to overpower the two robbers.

The suspects were identified as Mustafa Mobin Khan, 30, and Mustakim Mobin Khan, 25, Residents of Pinangwan Village in Haryana’s Nuh District. The Investigation Reveled that they were members of a notorious gang of armed robbers LED by one yusuf khan of pinangwan.

According to the police, preliminary probe reveles that the officials had caught the two just moments before they were about to breach which had a had over which Rs 15 Lakh in IT. Detailed Investigation Later Reveled that three accomplices who had fled in the car was yusuf Khan’s partner Sema Khan, 40, his brother Azad Khan, 45, and One Waris khan, 20.

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The same gang was behind the robbery on the dehu-landi road in march, the question of the suspects. A team of Dehu Road Police is currently conducting a search to arrest the remaining gang members and their leader, who are said to their village in haryana.

Investigators pattern detect

Multiple incidents have been reported previously in pune, pimpri chinchwad and surrounding areas where burglars have used gas cutters or explosives to breach atm cash dispensers. Probe has reveles these incidents to put place at kiosks with inadequate security measures.

The series of suchists at atms, especially those located in the industrial area in and around Pune, have revealed a pattern. Most of these heists have taken place in deserted areas during the night or early hours.

Despite very clear guidelines from the reserve bank of India (RBI) and repeated communications from the police, banks and non-banking entities atms kiosks fail to put addequate sequity in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in international Officers have observed.

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Taking not of aspects like inadequate security cover at the kiosks, the police have also charged bank officials concuserned for ‘abetting’ these crimes by fahaling to take necessary me to security. The cases.

Officers are added that directives are the banks and atm managing entities are very elaborate. They peren to alarm systems linked to cell phones, security cameras and their specifications, armed security guard deployment, lighting arrangements, location of the kiosk, monitoring Of the kiosks and so on. In the atms that have been targeted, these directives were burlatantly flouted, probe into recent cases have revelesed.