Shillong: Four persons were arrested by
police in connection with the loot of over Rs 39 lakh from an
ATM kiosk in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, a senior
police officer said today.
The main accused, Vijay Debnath, an employee of a
private company engaged to deposit cash in the kiosk, was
first picked up and from his rented house and the stolen money
was recovered, the officer said.
"We have arrested four persons involved in the
criminal conspiracy to loot the kiosk. Interrogation is on,"
Superintendent of Police, West Garo Hills, R Kumar said.
Debnath was responsible for filling the cash at the
vaults of the SBI ATM machines. He was arrested by police
along with three others for their alleged role in the ATM
heist that took place on Tuesday night, the SP said.
On October 18, Rs 41 lakh went missing from an SBI ATM
at the Tura Super Market. Police suspected the handiwork of some insider in the
ATM heist and sought the CCTV footage of the ATMs which
confirmed the involvement of the accused.
The four accused had taken Rs 39,86,400 from the ATM
and in their hurry, abandoned Rs 1.5 lakh in the machine.
Their modus operandi is to obtain the password from
another employee to crack the ATM vaults to steal the cash,
the police added.
