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Shamshabad ATM theft busted; Rajasthan man arrested, four others at large

Hyderabad, Oct 19 (UNI) Shamshabad Zone Task Force police, in coordination with local police and Rajasthan Police, have arrested an alleged member of an inter-state gang involved in the theft of Rs 7.40 lakh from an Axis Bank ATM near Satambrai in Shamshabad.
The accused, Rashid alias Kaku (34), a native of Rajasthan’s Alwar district, was apprehended near Gollapalli X-Roads in Shamshabad based on technical evidence and call detail records. Police seized Rs 4,500 in cash, a Santro car, a Pulsar motorcycle, a gas cutter, a gas cylinder and two mobile phones, with the total value of the seized property estimated at Rs 1.84 lakh.
According to police release on Monday, the gang struck the ATM in the early hours of October 6 after spraying paint on CCTV cameras, cutting the machine open with a gas cutter and disabling the siren wires. The suspects allegedly escaped with cash trays containing Rs 7,40,200 and later travelled to Rajasthan after abandoning the car near Patancheru.
Police said Rashid had received Rs 90,000 as his share of the stolen money and had spent Rs 85,500. He is reportedly involved in 46 cases, including theft, attempted murder and Arms Act violations, registered in parts of Haryana and Delhi.
Shamshabad Zone DCP B. Rajesh commended the police teams for solving the case and said efforts were underway to apprehend the remaining four suspects, who are believed to be in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
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