This story is from July 1, 2020

Siddipet: Unable to break it open, thieves carry away ATM

They came to steal money from the ATM but when they could not, they stole the ATM itself. The incident happened in Gajwel in Siddipet district. There was a cash of Rs 4,98,800 in the machine. The owner of the premises was shocked when he noticed the ATM stolen.
Siddipet: Unable to break it open, thieves carry away ATM
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HYDERABAD: They came to steal money from the ATM but when they could not, they stole the ATM itself. The incident happened in Gajwel in Siddipet district. There was a cash of Rs 4,98,800 in the machine. The owner of the premises was shocked when he noticed the ATM stolen.
The India1ATM machine is smaller in size compared to the ATMs that are installed by banks. “We have examined CCTV footage and have been able to make out the who is behind the theft.
We should be able to crack the case in a day or two,” Gajwel inspector T Satish told TOI. The ATM was located on Hyderabad-Ramagundam Rajiv Rahadari near Pragnapur on the road leading to Jagdevpur in Siddipet. The theft of the ATM happened during the intervening night of June 29-29 and the police received a complaint around 12 noon on June 29. It is learnt that the culprits cut the wires of the CCTV cameras in the ATM premises so that their involvement is not recorded. Police, however, have examined CCTV footage on the roads in the area.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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