The incident came to light when the security guard discovered the theft at around 6 am on Wednesday and immediately alerted the police
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Thieves decamped with an ATM containing over Rs 9 lakh from an Indian Bank kiosk in Punjab's Chandigarh. According to police officials, the incident took place at Ambala's Shahpur village near National Highway 44 on Tuesday night.
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According to a report in Hindustan Times, the alleged incident came to light when the security guard discovered the theft at around 6 am on Wednesday. After realising that a theft has taken place, the guard immediately alerted the police.
"The case balance after loading the machine at 4.30 pm on September 1 was Rs 10.68 lakh, and when the theft occurred, it had an approximate balance of Rs 9.13 lakh," bank manager Priyanshu Tank told the police.
A police official said that the CCTV installed at the ATM captured two masked men leaving with the ATM.
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Station in-charge of Parao police station said an FIR was registered under Sections 380 (theft) and 457 (lurking house-trespass by night, or house-breaking by night, in order to the committing of any offence punishable with imprisonment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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