MAPUSA: Thieves in Parsem were in for a rude shock when the automated teller machine (ATM) they stole from the State Bank of India on Wednesday night turned out to be a passbook printing machine. Finding no cash in the machine, they later discarded it in the nearby area.
Pernem police said the incident, which took place at an ATM located on a busy main road, came to light on Thursday morning following a complaint by the bank’s branch manager.
Sources said that the ATM was under closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera surveillance but had no security personnel manning it. CCTV footage shows two masked men wearing gloves and red t-shirts trying to pry open the actual ATM with a hammer but did not succeed. Instead, they managed to uproot the passbook printing machine and take it to a nearby forest area.
Source: indiatoday
Pernem police said the incident, which took place at an ATM located on a busy main road, came to light on Thursday morning following a complaint by the bank’s branch manager.
Sources said that the ATM was under closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera surveillance but had no security personnel manning it. CCTV footage shows two masked men wearing gloves and red t-shirts trying to pry open the actual ATM with a hammer but did not succeed. Instead, they managed to uproot the passbook printing machine and take it to a nearby forest area.
Source: indiatoday
