Police have cracked a meticulously planned ATM heist involving stolen vehicles, gas-cutting equipment, and disabled CCTV cameras in a multi-state chase and arrest of an alleged interstate criminal from Rajasthan with a history of dozens of cases.
Police records show that Rashid has 46 previous criminal cases registered across Haryana and Delhi, including jurisdictions such as Gurugram, Faridabad and Rewari
Investigation has revealed that Rashid and an associate allegedly brought gas-cutting equipment and spray paint to Hyderabad nearly a month before the robbery and hid the material in bushes in the Pahadishareef area. The breakthrough cane after a joint operation involving the Shamshabad Zone Task Force of Hyderabad and Rajasthan Police. Police used technical analysis and call detail records to trace Rashid to Gollapally. He is also allegedly linked to three cases in Hyderabad, including the Shamshabad ATM theft and vehicle theft cases in Pahadishareef and Saidabad.
The accused, Rashid, alias Kaku, alias Yousuf, alias Kakoo, 34, was arrested near Gollapally X Roads in Shamshabad in connection with the October 6 robbery at an Axis Bank ATM in Satamrai, while his four alleged associates, identified as Sohail, Faizan alias Ayaan, Rehan alias Jingi and Shamshuddin, remain on the run. Police records show that Rashid has 46 previous criminal cases registered across Haryana and Delhi, including jurisdictions such as Gurugram, Faridabad and Rewari.
