The robbers used a spray to hide the CCTV but the cops managed to find the footage
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A gang of robbers stole an ATM which had Rs 30 lakh in it from Yevat in Pune district, police said on Sunday.
Police Inspector Bhau Patil said, "An ATM with Rs 30 lakh in it was stolen from Yavat police station area in the wee hours of Saturday. An investigation is underway and we have dispatched four teams to different locations."
Also read: Mumbai crime: Bank officials foil ATM skimming gang's fraud bid
The police cited the CCTV footage from the area and said that four men wearing helmets went to a State Bank of India ATM unit in rural Yavat, tied the machine to their Scorpio car and then drove off.
The robbers had used a spray to block the CCTV camera at the unit but the police managed to find some footage of the incident from the CCTVs installed in the area.
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