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ATM heist: 1 more held from Kolar

The name of the apprehended person was cited as Nijamuddin of Kolar gold fields in Karnataka. He was brought to Tiruvannamalai town on Thursday where he is presently being interrogated in a secluded location, sources said.

DTNEXT Bureau

TIRUVANAMALAI: Tiruvannamalai police nabbed one more person in connection with the February 12 theft of Rs 72.50 lakh cash from four ATMs including two in Tiruvannamalai town and one each in Kalasapakkam and Polur towns in the same district.

The name of the apprehended person was cited as Nijamuddin of Kolar gold fields in Karnataka. He was brought to Tiruvannamalai town on Thursday where he is presently being interrogated in a secluded location, sources said.

It may be recalled that a special party headed by an SP had arrested two persons, Mohammed Arif (35) and Azad (37) from Haryana on February 18 and were brought to Tiruvannamalai and incarcerated in the Vellore jail while two more who helped them identified as Kusharath Basha (47) and Afsar Hussain (23) were nabbed from Kolar in Karnataka.

With Nijamuddin the number nabbed in the ATM case rose to five. Other than the vehicle used for the getaway and Rs 3 lakh cash being seized, police are yet to trace the remaining cash.

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