Overview

• Unidentified thieves breached the SBI ATM on Lingagiri Road early June 1 using gas cutters to access approximately ₹20 lakh in cash.
• The assailants set the ATM centre ablaze before fleeing in a white Toyota Fortuner SUV.
• Firefighters extinguished the blaze as crime scene investigators collected fingerprints and other evidence at the site.
• Police registered a formal case and launched an investigation to identify suspects and recover the stolen cash.
• Authorities suspect a link between this heist and earlier gas-cutter robberies in Karnataka and Telangana attributed to an organised interstate ring.