In a daring late-night heist, six masked men uprooted and took away an entire State Bank of India ATM containing approximately Rs 18 lakh in cash from Ajitgarh town in Rajasthan’s Sikar district. Police said the entire operation was executed in just 14 minutes.
The incident, which occurred between 2 am and 2:30 am, has sparked fear among local residents and triggered a multi-team police investigation.
The masked assailants arrived in a black Scorpio vehicle and targeted the SBI ATM located near a government school on Chomu road. The security guard on duty, Gajendra Singh, was brutally assaulted and tied up with ropes.
His mouth was gagged, and he was reportedly beaten with an iron rod for resisting. The miscreants then disconnected the electricity supply and disabled the CCTV cameras before uprooting the ATM machine.
The robbers also snatched the guard’s mobile phone before fleeing the scene with the machine. Footage from a CCTV camera at the ATM captured the masked men entering the premises one by one. However, due to their covered faces, identifying them has proven difficult.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Umesh Gupta confirmed that the robbers acted with precise planning. Four police teams have been formed to investigate the case from different angles, and surveillance footage from surrounding areas is also being examined.
The District Special Task Force (DST) has joined the search operation to track down the suspects.
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