Theft from Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) amounting to Rs 2,83,800

GANGTOK: On 2 May a case was registered against unknown person(s) following written compliant form Ranjan Roy, Regional Manager (East) of G4S Cash Services (India) Private Limited Kolkata at the Sadar Police Station against ATM larceny of the said company at PS Road, Gangtok.
On 28 April morning one of the custodian employed by Group Four Securer (G4S) Biswajit Das come across a theft from its Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) amounting to Rs 2,83,800 while loading cash in the ATM vault attached to the Central Bank of India. Only Rs 13,800 was found left in the vault.
As it was found that the cash was not withdrawn by using any Master Card, the person(s) involved in the theft is assumed to be one of the custodians of G4S or engineer of the diebold ATM machine, since the cash was taken out after opening the vault.
Investigations so far revealed that there are three custodians employed by G4S, namely Gobindo Shil, Dipanker Dasgupta and Bishwajit Das whose duties includes crediting cash in the vault and check the normal functioning of the diebold ATM machine (first party).
There is also an engineer engaged by the diebold company namely Prashanta Sharma whose responsibility is to maintain the machine so as to eradicate any defect in the machine (second party).
The ATM booth has two security guards Rajen Darjee and Shivu Mondal belonging to Visual Secures Limited, Kolkata (third party). Finally the cash belongs to the Central Bank of India (fourth party).
As per G4S rules, the diebold ATM machine’s vault cannot be opened by a single person. Out of three custodians manned by the vault, maximum two custodians are required to be present in the ATM booth as the vault can be opened only through the use of two separate combination pass words that has to be kept secret by each custodians.
The last replenishment of cash was made on 5 April and on 27 April. The ATM vault could not be opened by two custodians viz Gobindo Shil and Depanker Dasgupta nor was the diebold engineer Prashanta Sharma was able to open the same. However the said vault was later opened by the third custodian Bishwajit Das after many trial and errors. It was at that time the facts that a sum of Rs. 2,83,800 was found missing from the vault.
The case was registered under Section 380 against theft in building, tent or vessel of the Indian Penal Code and is under further investigation. Source information reveals that all the custodians were interrogated by the Officer In-charge of the case in Sadar Police Station but the accused individual is yet to be confirmed.