Steephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (EP)
Kasargod, Oct 19: Bedadka police have arrested a bus cleaner and his friend for drawing cash using the ATM card of a woman.
The arrested persons are identified as Vinod and Irfan, both residents of Vellikoth near here.
Vinod works as a cleaner in a private bus plying on Kanhangad Panathur Road. The ATM card of Sathidevi from Bedadka Marundakara was lost on October 11. The suspects have withdrawn Rs 39,000 from different ATM counters in Kanhangad using the ATM card and the secret code found with it.
The police traced the suspects with the help of CCTV recordings. Cash was withdrawn by them three times on October 12. Sathidevi received mobile messages as soon as the withdrawals were made. She complained to Bedadka police station after receiving the messages.
Vinod and his friend Irfan have confessed that they have withdrawn money from the account using the ATM card.
Police have said that eight bike theft cases stand registered against Irfan in Kanhangad and Payyanur police stations.