Learn how to break open ATMs in just 15 minutes — this was the training that was being provided to young men in Bihar’s Chhapra by a man who came to be known as ‘ATM Baba’.
The name of Sudhir Mishra, also known as ATM Baba, came to light during the interrogation of several arrested suspects involved in a recent ATM theft in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The suspects had managed to break into an SBI ATM machine and made away with a staggering sum of Rs 39.58 lakhs in just 16 minutes. It was later discovered that Mishra had orchestrated the entire theft, and his associates, including his friend and accomplice Bulbul Mishra, were among those apprehended by the police.
Sources said Mishra operates a well-oiled gang and hires unemployed youths from different states.
“These youths are brought to Chappra and given a three-month crash course. They are taught techniques of how to swiftly enter an ATM, spray misty liquid on the glass walls of the ATM booth and at the cameras to hide their identities and cut through ATM’s cash box and escape within 15 minutes,” told Police after ATM Baba confession.
“Only those members who complete the task in 15 minutes or less are sent on field,” said the Police officer.
