Delhi resident held for Sec 34 ATM fraud
Chandigarh, July 27
The police have arrested a member of the ATM fraud gang, identified as Abhay Kumar Jha (35) of North Delhi, and recovered a cutter, fiber stick (used to stop cash dispensing from ATM) and tape used in the crime.
A case under Sections 305, 331(4) and 3(5) of the BNS was registered on Friday.
Sunita Kaushik, branch head, Punjab National Bank, Sector 33, stated that suspicious activity was reported in an ATM of Punjab National Bank at the Furniture Market in Sector 34.
It was conveyed through Central Monitoring Team on Friday at 1 am. They checked the CCTV footage of Thursday and found that one man entered the ATM lobby, tampered with cash dispenser, opened the lower door of ATM with duplicate key and placed adhesive tape inside the ATM cabinet door which stopped cash dispensing. After this, whenever customer used ATM machine to withdraw cash, due to mounted object in front of cash dispenser, cash was not visible to customer. However, they received message of debit of amount from respective account. Later on, fraudster came and open the lower door and collected the cash.
On the basis of footage provided by PNB bank, two teams deputed to search the accused. He was arrested near Mela Ground, Sector 34, on Friday. The accused disclosed that he was working in Brinks company as ATM cash loader in the area of Delhi from 2011 to 2014. Presently, he was working in his father’s company which manufactured cervical collars at Delhi. Accused Abhay Kumar Jha and Mukesh, alias Kubra, are in police remand.
