A man was caught red-handed while trying to break an ATM machine in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA).
The incident took place in Khayaban-e-Tanzeem of DHA’s Tauheed Commercial Area where a masked man entered the ATM booth to steal cash from the automated teller machine.He was seen in the CCTV footage while taking out tools from his pocket and once he looked towards the surveillance camera.
The man, who is identified as Rafiq Ahmed, later used the tools to break the ATM machine and made many attempts to pull out the cash tray without having any fear. Superintendent Police (SP) Tawheed Memon told the media that he was completely unaware of the presence of the police officials outside the ATM booth.
After noticing the policemen there, he made a failed attempt to flee from the scene.Memon said that he was immediately arrested after he came out of the ATM booth.Earlier in October, police had foiled an attempt of breaking into an automated teller machine (ATM) in Karachi’s Civil Lines area.
