South Andaman Police Solves Attempt to ATM Theft Case Within 24 Hours

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Port Blair, June 15: On 14/06/2020, a complaint was received from the Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Port Blair that the ATM installed near STS Department was vandalized by some miscreant. On the receipt of information, immediately District Special team comprising SI P. Jeevan, SI M.A Rasheed, ASIs Surya Narayan & Sanjay Yadow, PCs S Neelkant Rao, Suresh, Vinod Linea, Bipul Halder, Santosh Kumar, Nanak Singh & A. Raja Rao under Inspector Sanjay Kumar, SHO PS Aberdeen swung into action. On spot inspection, it has been found that the ATM was fully damaged. However, the cash could not be stolen away as the unknown person was unable to break the ATM cash box.

The Police team immediately developed intelligence & scrutinizes nearby CCTV footages and movement of one suspected car was traced. Further, during the course of investigation, the driver/accused namely Jagmohan Singh S/o Shri Daljit Singh, 28 yrs, R/o Loknath Colony, Dollygunj of the suspected car bearing Registration No. AN 01 M 6017 was apprehended and interrogated, in which he confessed his guilt. Accordingly, he was arrested and the involved car and tools used for the crime were seized from his possession. He further added that he made recce of several ATMs before attempting to commit the crime and chosen the particular ATM as there was no watchman and CCTV installed. Hence, an FIR was registered under relevant section of IPC against the accused person at PS Aberdeen and later on, he was produced before the Hon’ble Court.

Thus, the District Special team and team from Police Station Aberdeen succeeded in solving a sensitive case within 24 hours, due to sincere efforts made under the supervision of Shri. Narra Chaitainya, IPS, SDPO South Andaman and overall supervision & direction of Shri. Manoj C., IPS, Superintendent of Police, South Andaman District. The general public is requested to share information pertaining to any crime or other illegal activities to Police at 112, 03192-232100 & 03192-233077. The identity of the informant will be kept secret.