A 25-year-old youth has been arrested for withdrawing money from ATMs after tampering its keypad in Delhi's Khan Market area.
The accused identified as Azarhuddin, hailing from Gaya, Bihar, was caught red-handed by an ATM guard on Sunday afternoon while trying to steal money from an ATM and later handed over to police.
His arrest came after police had received information from the staff of Bank of India's Khan Market branch that its ATM was being tampered with.
CCTV footage of the ATM showed a person aged about 24-25 years entering the cabin and pouring Fevikwik on the CANCEL button of ATM's keypad.
"When the customer inserts his/her card in ATM, the machine asks PIN. The customer enters the PIN but further proceeding stops due to the tampering. The customer could neither withdraw the money nor 'cancel' the proceeding," said DCP (New Delhi) Vijay Singh.
Once the customer left the ATM, the accused would take out money from the same machine by cleaning the material using pins.
Police said the photograph of the suspect was procured and circulated to all guards of the ATM machine as well as parking attendants and beat staff of the area.
Yesterday, around 2.30 pm, Azarhuddin came to the ATM and as he tried to pour Fevikwik on the ATM buttons, the guard Ajit Das raised an alarm and informed the beat staff and he was apprehended immediately, police said.
A case has been registered against Azarhuddin at Tughlak Road Police Station.
Two Fevikwik pouches, pins were recovered from him.
Azarhuddin told police during interrogation that he came to Delhi in search a job in vain.
"He may be involved in other attempts on ATMs. Further interrogation is going on," police said.
