Police bust ATM robbers' gang

LUDHIANA: Ludhiana police arrested a five-member ATM robbers' gang, and recovered 641 ATM cards of 18 nationalised and private banks. Authorities also recovered Rs 300,000 in cash, three cars, 300 passbooks and cheque-books, and press cards from two members of the gang. Commissioner of Police, RN Dhoke said, “they ask their friends to open accounts and took their ATM cards. They then used to credit the accounts and withdraw money from Mumbai and Bangalore. While the transactions were under process, they used to turn off the ATM machines to make the transaction invalid and then asked customer care to recuperate the money.”