12 Howrah: A masked gang on Saturday broke open an ATM machine with gas-cutter and stole around Rs 16 lakh at Alampur in the Sankrail police station area under Howrah City Police.
Police sources revealed that the State Bank of India's ATM counter had no security guard.
A Howrah City Police officer stated that a police vehicle patrolled the area around 4:30 am and noticed nothing unusual. It is suspected that the robbery took place around 5 am. The police are trying to identify the culprits by collecting CCTV footage from the ATM counter.
According to police sources, the criminals attempted to break it using a chisel and a hammer. They then set it on fire with a gas-cutter. Local sources reported that pieces of the broken ATM machine were scattered inside the counter and on the road. The police recovered a gas cutter and a Bolero vehicle from the nearby National Highway 16 connecting Dhulagari-Jujarsaha Road. It is believed that the miscreants had arrived in this vehicle.
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