Engineer, Gang Who Looted ATMs With Explosives Arrested In Madhya Pradesh

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The seven robberies the gang dedicated have been in Damoh, Jabalpur, Panna and Katni districts.

Damoh, Madhya Pradesh:

A gang of six individuals, together with an engineering graduate, which robbed ATMs by blowing them up with explosives was busted in Madhya Pradesh, the police mentioned on Sunday.

The gang had blown up seven ATMs thus far and looted Rs 46 lakh, senior police official (Sagar Zone) Anil Sharma instructed reporters on Sunday.

“They’d conduct reconnaissance of ATMs to learn the way a lot money was saved in them. They’d open the ATM by exploding a gelatin stick close to the money tray utilizing a bike battery,” the IG mentioned.

“One of many arrested individuals, Devendra Patel (28), has a civil engineering diploma and had additionally appeared for the us exams. He used to system methods of committing robberies after watching tv crime reveals. We seized pretend foreign money with face worth of Rs three.50 lakh and gear from Patel,” Mr Sharma mentioned.

He mentioned Rs 25.57 lakh money, two country-made pistols, eight bullets, detonators, color printer, three bikes, gelatin sticks, cellphones and laptop computer have been seized from the gang.

The seven robberies the gang dedicated have been in Damoh, Jabalpur, Panna and Katni districts.

On July 19, they’d looted Rs 22 lakh from an ATM in Panna on this method.

The opposite 5 members of the gang have been recognized as Santosh Patel (27), Nitesh Patel (25), Jairam Patel (32), Rakesh Patel (24) and Surat Lodhi (30).



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