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One Attempts to Rob AXIS Bank ATM at Bhatubasti; Police Solves Blind Case within 72 Hours

Rohit Kumar

Port Blair, 14 Jun 2022

On 8th of June 2022 the Branch Manager, Axis Bank, Bhatubasti lodged an FIR with PS Pahargaon informing the police about an attempt to rob their ATM by an unknown person. The ATM of the branch was found to be in damaged condition during the morning hours. The Manager further informed that upon examining the CCTV footage of the ATM it was found that some person who had completely covered his face had entered the ATM at 12:59 Am on 08/06/2022. The person switched off the light, closed the ATM shutter and started to break the ATM.

A dedicated team of PS Pahargaon was formed to investigate the case, led by SI Mohd. Rahil Islam, HC/Swapan Kr. Dey, PC/Jagdish Babu, PC/Santosh Kumar Yadav, PC/Feroz Ikbal, PC/Suresh and HG(D)/Rohit Kumar under the supervision of Insp. Hari Narayan, SHO, PS Pahargaon.

The CCTV footage of the Axis Bank ATM and nearby areas was checked and due to the sustained efforts and technical investigation, the accused was identified and arrested.

Later during interrogation, the accused confessed to his crime and the apparel worn by him during his attempt to rob the ATM was recovered from him. 

Police also recovered some money which the accused had stolen from the ATM Machine. 

The blind case was cracked by the team of PS Pahargaon within 72 hours.

The entire investigation was conducted under the overall supervision of Mr. Abhishek Gupta, SDPO, South Andaman.

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