Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 27: Police in Pulwama today solved the ATM theft case by arresting 3 accused persons-hailing from Bangladesh-involved in the commission of the crime and recovered stolen property from their possession.
On April 8 this year, police said, some unknown burglars stole an ATM installed near Govt. Degree College Pulwama, regarding which, a case vide FIR No. 78/2023 under relevant sections of law was registered at PS Pulwama and an investigation was initiated.
Taking into account the gravity of the crime, police said, an SIT under the supervision of SSP Pulwama, headed by Addl. SP Pulwama was constituted. During the investigation, police identified a group of international thieves from Bangladesh who had committed such type of crime in the past also and subsequently they were apprehended.
The three accused including the kingpin arrested in the case have been identified as Suman Mal son of Jainal resident of Rajapur Police Station Raainda Bangladesh, Farooq Ahmad Ali son of Ahmad Ali resident of Razwair Police Station Rainda, Bangladesh and Mohd Ibrahim son of Mohd Muslim resident of Bangla Bazar Police Station Sharun Khola Bangladesh.
During the investigation, police said, the accused confessed their involvement in the commission of the crime. “On their disclosure, the stolen ATM was recovered from an orchard dumped in a pit at Dogam Kakapora.”
“During the further course of the investigation, the said gang of burglars revealed that they had committed such ATM theft at other places too over the past years and it also came to surface that this gang started operating in South Kashmir from the beginning of this year and also disclosed ATM theft in Pampore.”
Police said that further investigation into the case is still going on and more arrests are expected in the case.
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