Canara Bank ATM damaged in loot bid

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, November 18

Miscreants damaged a Canara Bank ATM in a bid to loot money at Talwandi Sabo.

In a complaint lodged by Manikaran, bank manager of the Talwandi Sabo branch, it has been stated that unidentified persons tried to loot money by damaging the Canara Bank ATM on November 15.

A case under Sections 457, 380, 511 and 427 of the IPC has been registered against unidentified persons at the Talwandi Sabo police station.

Despite a rise in the incidents of ATM robberies, officials of various banks have not bothered to deploy security guards outside many ATMs.

On November 8, four persons were booked for damaging an SBI ATM at Thermal Colony. Earlier this year, two persons damaged a Punjab National Bank ATM in an attempt to loot money at GT Road near Ganesha Basti around 2 am. The incident was captured in CCTV cameras.