Throwing a challenge to the police, unidentified miscreants looted cash by cutting open an unattended automated teller machine (ATM) of the State Bank of India (SBI) in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district in the wee hours on Wednesday.
As per initial reports, three miscreants entered the ATM and looted the cash after breaking open the chambers using a gas cutter and other instruments. The entire act of looting cash from the ATM has been captured in the CCTV camera of the kiosk.
In the video, three masked men can be seen committing the offence. The miscreants have also damaged the CCTV cameras installed near the kiosk.
Though the exact amount of cash looted from the ATM is not clear, police have started investigation after getting information about the incident. Meanwhile, the bank authorities could not be contacted over the matter.