The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the city government, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and investigating agencies to frame guidelines on probing of ATM fraud cases in the Capital.
A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar directed the Delhi Police, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the RBI and the Delhi government to evolve, if possible, a policy on a plea. The petition also seeks transfer of such cases to the Economic Offences Wings of the Delhi Police or the CBI.
‘Lack of coordination’
The petition, filed by advocate Kamlesh Kumar Mishra, claimed that culprits of ATM frauds were not nabbed despite such crimes happening repeatedly at the same ATMs. Mr. Mishra also sought direction to the RBI to set minimum safety guidelines to be ensured by all ATMs.
“Several gangs must be operating because of which similar incidents keep happening in the same ATMs time and again. However, lack of coordination even among investigation officers within the same police station has led to the real culprits not being nabbed,” the petition said.
The advocate said research on ATM frauds in about three to four police stations here revealed that over 50 FIRs were registered in connection with as many incidents over the past few months. The petitioner also sought direction to the Police Commissioner to issue standard operating procedures for investigation into cases of ATM fraud, with inclusion of and focus on extensive CCTV and Call Detail Records scan.
