Robbers hold guard and passer-by at gunpoint before escaping with the ATM cash box in a WagonR
On Friday, around 5:10 am armed robbers stole the cash box of an ATM in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash-II after holding the security guard and a passerby at gunpoint. Three robbers entered the ATM booth waving pistol and knives while the fourth kept a watch in a getaway car, a WagonR. The guard, Amarjeet was assaulted and threatened. He was made to sit on a chair and his phone was snatched away by on one of the criminals.
One of the criminals examined the ATM and sat down with a gas cutter to cut open the cash box. When a robber noticed that they have been spotted by a passer-by, he ran and caught hold of him. The man who was later identified as Ramesh Baba was also made to sit inside the booth then.
The robbers kept the cut-out cash box in their WagonR before speeding away. The criminals threw away the guard’s phone on the road while fleeing. The whole things unfolded in about 45 minutes and there were no cops spotted in the vicinity. DCP Benita Mary Jaikar said the PCR got a call around 6am regarding the robbery at the ATM kiosk in Masjid Moth by 3-4 men. She further added “Cops from CR Park Police station reached the spot and questioned the security guard.”
Later that evening, the police confirmed that the cash box had at least Rs 18 lakh in it. An FIR has been lodged for armed robbery and investigation is till underway. The CCTV cameras are being scanned for further clues and the getaway car the criminals used is suspected to be a stolen one.
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