Yavatmal cops unearth ATM scam mystery, arrest two from Bihar

Yavatmal: Acting quickly on a tip off, Yavatmal police’s cyber cell API Amol Puri and his team have nabbed two accused from Gaya in Bihar and recovered cash and equipment collectively worth Rs.1,28,450.
The duo was brought to Yavatmal and handed over to the Awadootwadi police where a cheating case was registered after complaints from victims who alleged that money was transferred to other accounts without their knowledge.
SP Dilip Patil Bhujbal had set up a special squad. Money was transferred from the SBI ATM at the local Sai Satyajyot Mangal Karyalaya on September 15 and a day later from the Anglo Hindi High School ATM.
The cyber cell used its expertise and found that the culprits had installed internal cloner gadgets in the ATMs and transfered the money by using a duplicate ATM made with the help of a cloner. After their mobile tower was ascertained, the team reached Bihar.
The accused were identified as Mukheshkumar Anil Singh and Sudhirkumar Nirmal Pande, both residents of Gaya. They were arrested and cash, an internal ATM scanner, a hand ATM scanner, a duplicate ATM scanner, 15 ATM cards collectively worth Rs.1,28,450 was seized.
During preliminary interrogation, the duo confessed to have committed similar crimes in Maharashtra, UP, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand. Further investigation is being carried out by the Awadootwadi police.