Sector 36 police station of Chandigarh has arrested two accused who committed fraud by changing ATM. 40 ATM cards were recovered from the possession of the accused. Initial police investigation revealed that the accused withdrew Rs 4 lakh from the accounts of two people including a woman.
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taken on remand for one day
The police presented the accused in the court on Friday and obtained one-day remand. Police are investigating where else the accused have committed fraud. The arrested accused have been identified as Nikhil Thakur, 34, resident of Zirakpur and Harjeet Singh Lucky, 34, resident of Burail. SHO Jai Prakash said that 9 cases of ATM fraud are registered against accused Nikhil and 7 cases of NDPS are registered against Harjeet. Both the accused are drug addicts.
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The accused changed the card by persuasion
Mahavir Prasad, a resident of Singha Devi, Mohali, told in his complaint to the police that he had come to Sector 43 bus stand for some reason. He went to the ATM at the bus stand to withdraw money, but for some reason the money was not withdrawn from the ATM. During this, the accused coaxed him into changing his ATM card. The victims took another ATM there and went home from there.
After a few days, when he checked the account, Rs 2 lakh 10 thousand were missing. When he checked the transaction history, it was found that between November 26 and November 29, money had been withdrawn in three different transactions, messages for which were also received on the mobile. After which the victim lodged a complaint at Sector 36 police station.
The woman considered the SHO a criminal
When the police checked the ATM card, it was found that one of the ATM cards belonged to a woman named Kamlesh from Zirakpur. SHO Jai Prakash called Kamlesh and told him about his ATM card, but Kamlesh considered the SHO to be a cyber criminal. The SHO told him that the ATM near you has the name of another person on it. After checking which the woman trusted the SHO.
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18 lakhs were lying in the account
The ATM with Kamlesh had the name of another person on it, while his real ATM was recovered by the police from the accused. After this, when Kamlesh checked the messages on his mobile, he came to know that the accused were continuously withdrawing money from the ATM. Within a few days, he had withdrawn Rs 2 lakh from the ATM, because there was a daily limit of Rs 30,000 for withdrawal. He had Rs 18 lakh in his account, but before that the accused were caught by the police. Police are also investigating the remaining ATM cards.
Reached Sector 43 again to commit fraud, caught by police
When the police checked the CCTV cameras installed near the bus stand, they found that the accused had gone to the market in Sector 44 on foot. Similarly, the police used to chase the accused by checking the footage of cameras installed at light points and intersections, but the accused again reached Sector 43 in their intention to commit fraud. From where the police arrested him. Police have recovered 40 ATM cards of different banks from Nikhil and Harjeet. The accused used to keep all the ATM cards with them.
Seeing the card in any ATM, he used to take out one of those cards and replace it.