Amidst tightened security for G-20 summit, Delhi ATM uprooted; criminals vanish, search on
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New Delhi: For all the tight security being imposed in the nation capital n the run-up to the G20 Summit scheduled for September 9-10, there has been an usual act of theft by criminals who uprooted an ATM filled with cash and vanished. No trace of the culprits was forthcoming immediately.
The incident occurred in the small hours of Thursday, according to police, at around 3.10 a.m. a Police Control Room (PCR) call was received from the command room of Central Bank of India, Mumbai, regarding ATM break and theft at Khera Khurd in the area following which a police team rushed to the spot.
The police reached the spot in response to the call only to find that the main gate of the ATM was broken and the ATM machine was uprooted from the ground and taken away.
“The official said that an FIR is being registered under section 457, 380, 427, 34 of the Indian Penal Code at Narela Industrial Area police station .
“As per bank, the last refill was done on August 19 and the present cash was Rs 1,40,300 in the machine,” said a senior police official.
On Wednesday, the Delhi Lieutenant Governor in a statement said that the heightened security measures, including the deployment of Quick Response Teams (QRTs), ambulances, and advanced fire fighting mechanisms like firefighting robots, have been implemented at strategic locations across the national capital to ensure the safe and smooth conduct of the G20 Summit scheduled for September 9-10.
(Inputs from IANS)