"The process of scrutinising the CCTV footage obtained from the ATM is over. We suspect that a foreigner attached the skimming device (to the ATM)," said a police official without elaborating.
The ATM which was bugged by fraudsters is located near the police headquarters in South Mumbai.
The investigators had said that the device was planted between May 7 and May 29 and also did not deny the possibility of questioning the accused arrested in connection with a 2012 credit cards fraud case in which some African nationals and a trader from Ulhasnagar in neighbouring Thane district were involved.
The accounts were hacked during April and May.
Axis Bank had said it compensated all the affected customers and launched an investigation.
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