A Pre-University drop-out from Jharkhand, who used matchsticks to manipulate ATMs in Bengaluru, has been arrested by the police.
Manish Kumar Singh, 22, who came to the city in search of a job, did not realise that he was being monitored by 'Big Brother' or the CCTV installed in ATMs. A resident of Saptagiri Extension on Hesaraghatta Main Road, he was staying here along with his younger sister, an engineering student studying in a reputed college.
According to the police, the accused would target ATM centres which had two or more machines. He would insert matchsticks below the ‘Enter’ key of the machine to render it non operational.
Unaware of the trap laid by him, customers would enter the ATM centre and key in their PIN number. Pretending to be a fellow customer, he would enter the centre and note the PIN number.
After the customer left the centre realizing that the machine was not working, Manish would remove the matchstick and withdraw money from their account.
He was caught after a complaint was filed at Halasur Gate police station on December 27 by Ms Nandini, executive engineer of KPTCL and Mr Lakshman a KPTCL employee who reportedly told the police that Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 were fraudulently drawn from their accounts.
The incident reportedly took place at the ATM centre of SBI in Cauvery Bhavan.
The police kept a watch on the ATM and retrieved the CCTV footage. The accused who returned to ATM on Sunday was caught by Halasur police.
During questioning, he confessed that he used to target customers who were not familiar with the functioning of ATM cards.
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