Mangalore: Special Squad Arrests Two in ATM Racket; Seizes Goods Worth Rs 1.40 Lac 
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje 
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)

Mangalore, Sep 11: The special squad of the superintendent of police arrested two persons involved in an ATM card racket and seized goods worth Rs 1,40,000 from them on Friday September 11.    

Santhosh (19), resident of Koppa, Mandya taluk, and Girish K (21), resident of Saraswathipuram, Bangalore, were arrested near the ICICI Bank ATM centre at Bendoorwell.

A Maruthi Omni, one laptop, mobiles, copies of a fake driving license, and ATM cards, were seized from them. 

A case, of misusing a debit card sent from Bangalore via courier for delivery to a person in the city, was registered in Mangalore rural police station following a complaint. After taking up this case, the special squad personnel nabbed the duo.

The culprits had obtained the ATM-cum-debit card by presenting a fake driving license and later withdrew some money through the ATM.

The police investigation revealed that both conducted the racket by collecting details of account holders of ICICI Bank. Similar cases were registered against the two in Mandya, Bangalore, and Mysore. Police said that they have leads about the involvement of more persons in this case and arrests will be made soon.

Sub-inspector Prakash K, head constable Ananda, constables Rama Poojary, Chandrashekar, Sheenappa, Girish Bengre, Sunil Kumar, Saju K Nayar, Rajendra Prasad, David D’Souza, Mohammed Iqbal, George, and Shiva Naik were involved in this operation.