Student caught in act of breaking open SBI ATM

INDORE: An engineering student was caught red-handed while trying to break open a State Bank of India (SBI) ATM machine in the wee hours on Thursday, here.
Police said the accused identified as Ashish Singh belonged to Bareli district in Uttar Pradesh and has been studying Engineering Bachelor’s from a private college in Indore. He was trying to break open the ATM at around 3 am, when a cop passing by the ATM heard commotion at Marimata temple road.
The ATM had about Rs 30 lakh stuffed with it. The cop informed Sadar Bazar police and a team of policemen reached the spot.
They found that the youth had turned off the lights in the ATM and was trying to break open the machine. However, the accused maintained that he along with his friends went to Sarvate bus stand for breakfast and he visited the ATM to get money when they fell short of cash. He said while he was trying to withdraw money his ATM card got stuck up in the machine and he was trying to retrieve it. Police said that the accused hailed from a well to do family and was quite intelligent.
However, the accused maintained that while he was trying to withdraw money, his ATM card got stuck up in the machine and he was trying to retrieve it.