Youth returns additional Rs 20,000 dispensed from ATM
A young man from Garib Alam Bagh in Sahaganj, Hooghly, set an example of honesty after returning Rs 20,000 that was mistakenly dispensed by a bank’s ATM.
A young man from Garib Alam Bagh in Sahaganj, Hooghly, set an example of honesty after returning Rs 20,000 that was mistakenly dispensed by a bank’s ATM.
The report revealed that the total value of ATM and CRM transactions in May 2025 stood at ₹2.45 lakh crore, a decline from ₹2.63 lakh crore recorded in March 2025.
Within a span of hardly eight hours, two separate incidents of cyber fraud and money-loot at two ATM counters of a nationalised bank in Survey Park and Howrah respectively since Friday night once again exposed how safety and security systems at ATM counters are not properly monitored in the state.
The man, 26, attempted to break the ATM at the Lekhraj metro station under the Ghazipur area of Lucknow.
An interstate ATM theft gang was busted in Odisha's Bhubaneshwar and five of the accused were arrested, said the police on Tuesday.
As a crowd rushed there to inquire, the jittery thieves bolted, leaving behind the JCB and the ATM machine with the unstolen booty intact, said Bedre.
The accused, Tayyab (32), a Haryana resident, was apprehended near Tara Apartment in Alaknanda, Delhi.
Veerraju claimed that the Centre has given Rs 11,000 crore for Polavaram project and until now the state government has stated spending Rs 7,000 crore for building the dam and Rs 4,000 on the evacuees.
In January, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued new rules to improve user convenience and increase the security of card transactions.
Police have also issued a set of advisories for the safety of the bank customers.
