Rs 17 lakh looted from ATM in north Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Burglars looted about Rs 17 lakh from Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of Jammu and Kashmir Bank (JKB) in the frontier district of Kupwara, official sources said here today.

They said a group burglars took away one ATM machine at village Unesoo Langate in Kupwara and looted cash late last night.

A senior police officer said that as per bank employees there was about Rs 17 lakh cash in the ATM which has been stolen. ”We have registered a case and started investigation”, he said.

This was the first loot of ATM in north Kashmir though a number of bank robberies were reported in south Kashmir this year. (AGENCIES)

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