Police teams rewarded in ATM robbery case

They were presented with commendation certificates apart from cash

December 20, 2017 08:03 am | Updated 08:03 am IST - Chennai

 Director General of Police T.K.Rajendran with police officers who detected ATM theft in Coimbatore city.

Director General of Police T.K.Rajendran with police officers who detected ATM theft in Coimbatore city.

Police personnel from Coimbatore, Salem and Namakkal, who nabbed inter-State robbers involved in ATM theft, were rewarded by Director General of Police T.K. Rajendran recently.

On December 9 midnight, three ATMs were burgled at Avinashi Road in Coimbatore and cash ₹.30 lakh was looted. CCTV footages were analysed and investigation was taken up on multiple fronts.

Two cars with Haryana registration numbers and a truck were found to be used. The vehicles crossed through the toll plaza near Tirumangalam in Madurai district on two days - December 10 and 12. Further investigation into the CCTV footage at the toll plazas that the two vehicles were moving on National Highway 7 towards Salem on December 14.

All the police stations and highway patrols along NH7 and other State highways intensified vehicle checks at the check posts and toll plazas in their jurisdiction. At 3.30 a.m on Thursday, one car was intercepted at a toll plaza in Namakkal district and two suspects were nabbed. The robbers in the other car smashed through the toll plaza gate and fled. They were chased by the Namakkal district police personnel led by Superindent of Police A. Arularasu, who rounded up three robbers who had entered sorghum fields after abandoning the car. The police used a drone and sniffer dog to round them up. Three more suspects were nabbed at the check post in Seelanaickenpatti, Salem district. Police personnel from Coimbatore City, Salem City and Namakkal District presented commendation certificates apart from cash.

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