Watch / 2 men try to loot ATM, caught by police waiting outside kiosk in Hyd

Hyderabad: Speaking to TNM, a police official from the Ameenpur police station said, "Many bank ATMs have a system in place, where if any tampering is being done, or any wire is being cut, they get notified. This ATM too, had that facility in place."

"As soon as they were notified, they informed us and we sent a few police personnel to apprehend the accused red-handed. They are in custody and a case will be registered soon," he added.

In February this year, in a similar incident, an ATM machine was stolen by six unidentified men in Rudraram village in Sangareddy district.

Authorities at the time said that the machine had Rs 2.27 lakh cash in it but the thieves couldn’t break it open, and therefore, they abandoned it around 3 km away from the ATM centre. The accused were later identified using CCTV footage.