Three held in Jeedimetla ATM theft case, property worth ₹20 lakh seized
Balanagar DCP K. Suresh Kumar along with officials from the Jeedimetla police and Balanagar CCS at the press conference in Hyderabad on Thursday.
An inter-state gang of three involved in a high-profile ATM theft in Jeedimetla earlier this month was arrested on Thursday, July 17. Police recovered ₹17 lakh in stolen cash and four motorcycles worth around ₹3 lakh from the trio.
The accused have been identified as Yasib Hussain alias Asif Haarun Khan, 28, a labourer from Palwal district, Haryana; Aamir Ansari, 24, a resident of Hyderabad; and Md. Abed, 31 from Nuh district, Haryana. They were arrested on Thursday by a joint team of CCS Balanagar and Jeedimetla law and order police.
The arrests come after a theft of ₹34.71 lakh from an HDFC ATM at Markhandeya Nagar, which was looted using gas cutters on the intervening nights of July 8 and 9.
According to Jeedimetla police, the gang had a history of targeting ATMs across multiple states, relying on a methodical and well-rehearsed modus operandi. They conducted recces of ATM kiosks with external shutters, disabled CCTV surveillance, used gas cutters to breach machines, and escaped on stolen two-wheelers. In this case, they abandoned one such vehicle in Gummadidala and later stole another from Kamareddy before fleeing to Adilabad, where they again ditched the vehicles and split up, returning to their native States in trucks.
The investigation involved combing through footage from over 500 CCTV cameras to track the suspects’ movements. Technical and human intelligence eventually led to the identification and arrest of the accused.
The trio is currently booked in at least four criminal cases across Jeedimetla and Gummadidala police stations. They are also linked to over 30 past offences, including house burglaries, ATM break-ins, and vehicle thefts in various states.
Yasib Hussain has previously served a seven-year prison sentence for multiple charges under the Indian Penal Code and Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA) in Kotwali police station of Madhya Pradesh, while Aamir Ansari, convicted for 20 years in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case, is currently out on bail.
Published – July 17, 2025 06:59 pm IST
