The Gorchuk police has ordered temporary shut down of an ATM until further orders after a robbery attempt was thwarted on September 28th, 2019.

The incident took place near to the Saukuchi area when a gang of 5 made an abortive attempt to steal cash from an offsite ATM of a private bank in the wee hours of Saturday.

The electronic surveillance facility installed at the ATM alerted the security and they immediately tipped off the police. A team according rushed to the spot and foiled the robbery bid.

The team also managed to nab one, the other 4 however managed to flee from the spot. A cylinder gas cutter machine, mask hand gloves and several other items were seized from his possession.

The accused has been identified as Arif. He is said to be a resident of Haryana

Furtehr investigations are on the process.

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