ATM heist training school busted in Bihar
Uttar Pradesh Police has said that they have unearthed a training school in Bihar’s Chhapra where youths get training on how to break ATMs in a span of 15 minutes. Police added that over 30 such cases have been committed by the gang in the last one year across the country.
Sudhir Mishra runs the center in which he gives them a 3-month crash course. After training, a 15-day live demonstration is also conducted.
Sources said Mishra operates a well-oiled gang and hires unemployed youths from different states.
This was revealed after four youths were arrested for allegedly stealing Rs.39.58 lakh from an ATM in Lucknow’s Sushant Golf City police station area. Though police have recovered Rs.9.13 lakh from their possession, the focus has shifted to arrest Mishra, the pan-India gang’s kingpin.
A senior officer said UP cops rummaged through 1,000 CCTV footage, and mobile data and checked over 20 tolls around Lucknow to trace the ATM theft accused.
“A CCTV grab from the house near the ATM was found during the probe. A blue-colored car from which the miscreants had entered and fled the city was traced,” said the officer.
The team then reached its owner in Sitamarhi, Bihar. In the meantime, another UP Police team intercepted the same car on Sultanpur road in Uttar Pradesh and arrested the four.
Shailendra Giri, SHO, Golf City, said one of the arrested, Neeraj, was a permanent gang member and had five cases against him.
“Neeraj revealed that he learned the tricks of the trade from Mishra,” said Giri.
“These youths are brought to Chhapra from Uttar Pradesh and given a three-month crash course. They are taught techniques of how to swiftly enter an ATM, spray misty liquid on the glass walls of the ATM booth and at the cameras to hide their identities, and cut through ATMs cash box and escape within 15 minutes. Only those members who complete the task in 15 minutes or less are sent to the field,” said the officer.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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