Arunachal: East Kameng police solves ATM robbery case, arrests 1

Itanagar, March 29: The East Kameng Police in Arunachal Pradesh claimed to have successfully solved the State Bank of India (SBI) ATM armed robbery case that took place on February 15.

The prime accused, identified as Taguk Rang (32), who is a resident of Rang village under Seppa circle in the district, has been arrested by the police.

Police have recovered over Rs 20 lakh cash, one vehicle that was purchased from the robbed money, a revolver and a two-wheeler used in the commission of the crime.

The cops also recovered the helmet, jacket, mask, shoes the accused was wearing, and empty cartridge of two rounds fired during commission of offence.

According to the case details provided by East Kameng SP Rahul Gupta, an FIR was received from the SBI cash officer on February 15, stating that a suitcase containing cash was snatched after firing two rounds during the process of ATM replenishment by a bank team at Type 1, Seppa town.

The robber had targeted the accompanying staff but fortunately, no one was hurt. The miscreant was wearing a bluish jacket and a black helmet and had parked his two-wheeler close to the ATM.

Following this incident, a case under Section 392/307 of the IPC read with Section 27 of the Arms Act was registered at the Seppa police station.

Gupta also informed that a total of three teams of 24 police personnel headed by Deputy Superintendent, Matin Ratan, were working day and night to solve the case, while adding that witnesses were examined which gave the identification of clothes, vehicle and weapon used in commission of offence.

At the same time, CCTV footage of 10 places of the township were scanned to look for clues. Other technical methods were also employed to zero-in on suspects.

Before this robbery, Taguk had done a recce of ATMs at Zero point and Bank Tinali in Itanagar but did not execute the steal due to the presence of many CCTV cameras around that area.