17L ATM theft: 140 CCTV videos scanned, 2 nabbed

Ludhiana: Less than a week after an ATM was cut open and looted of Rs 17 lakh in Lamme village of Jagraon, police on Monday arrested two women for allegedly helping the thieves.
A source said the police managed to zero in on the two women after scanning the footage of 140 CCTV cameras. Veerpal Kaur, a Moga native who lives in Ludhiana’s Krishna Nagar, and Harpreet Kaur, a woman from Ganganagar who lives in Badi Haibowal, have been charged with assisting in the concealment of stolen property and criminal conspiracy, as they had allegedly given shelter to the four robbers after the crime, police said.
On Sept 18, four men had defaced CCTV cameras in Lamme village near Ludhiana, cut open an ATM of Punjab National Bank, and decamped with Rs 17.14 lakh.Ludhiana SSP (rural) Navneet Singh Bains confirmed the arrests and said police had also recovered the gas-cutter used in the crime from the duo.
The women are friends and own a spa centre in Raikot. They are related to the robbers, said the SSP.
Sources said after carrying out the burglary, the four men went to the two women with the money. Instead of informing the police, the two women helped the thieves by arranging shelter and food.
SSP said the robbers had been identified and would be arrested soon. A police source said the accused had been identified as Rajwinder Singh of Balluana in Ferozepur, Manpreet Singh of Moga, and Harwinder Singh and Sandeep Singh of Sarabha Nagar.
A police official said the main accused in the case was facing 11 cases and he seemed to be versed with the working of ATMs.