SBI ATM Robbery in Muzaffarpur Bihar, Bank received Alert at Night

In Bihar ‘s Muzaffarpur district, miscreants attempted to rob a State Bank of India ATM on the Gobarsahi-Dumri Road in the Sadar police station area late last night. Five criminals in a Scorpio entered the ATM booth and, within 20 minutes, began uprooting the machine and loading it into their vehicle. However the robbery failed due to arrival of Police.

According to reports, the criminals sprayed black paint on the CCTV cameras installed in the ATM booth so that their identities could not be revealed. They then tried to uproot the machine and load it into the car.

However, due to the uprooting of the ATM, the bank management was alerted through the bank’s alarm and technical surveillance. The bank management informed Sadar police station in-charge Navlesh Kumar Azad at around 1:20 am. Upon receiving the information, the police station in-charge reached the spot with a police team within just five minutes.

Upon seeing the police, the five criminals involved in the ATM robbery abandoned the uprooted ATM machine at the scene and fled in their Scorpio car. To stop the criminals, the police fired the gun and pursued them.

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Despite police action, the criminals fled in a high-speed Scorpio towards Sakri Road. Upon receiving information about the incident, City DSP-2 Deepak Kumar arrived at the scene with a heavy police force and began an investigation. A FSL team was called in to gather scientific evidence. An SBI technical team also arrived at the scene and examined the ATM machine and its technical aspects.

The police technical cell and the DIU team are examining CCTV footage to apprehend the criminals. Following this incident, questions have also been raised about the security of ATMs in the area.

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