LUCKNOW: Two former ATM custodians and the mother of one of the two accused were arrested for stealing money from an ATM booth in Madiaon.
The arrested persons were identified as Shailendra Singh, his mother Nanhi Singh, and Ravi Singh, all of Madiaon.
Police recovered Rs 5 lakh each from Shailendra and his mother and Rs 1.15 lakh from Ravi (total Rs 11.15 lakh).
“Ravi and Shailendra are friends and had worked as ATM custodian for a government bank.
They used to replenish cash in ATMs and keep inventory.
Ravi knew the code of an ATM in Mohibullapur and they decided to execute a theft,” ADCP, North, Prachi Singh, who worked out the case, said.
“On May 18, they went to the ATM where Shailendra went inside the booth to withdraw cash while Ravi and Nanhi stood outside waiting for him.
They collected the cash and reached their house,” Singh said.
Ravi was given a token amount and they decided to distribute the money among themselves after police investigation slowed down.
However, after a lower amount was detected, the manager of cash loading agency, Srikant Mishra, lodged a case with the police on May 29.
He said his staff tallied the cash on May 20 and it was found short by Rs 11.15 lakh.
Police started the investigation and arrested the accused after getting a tip-off about the criminals.