Namakkal (Tamil Nadu):Police shot dead a man accused in an ATM heist case in the neighbouring state of Kerala after he refused to stop a container lorry allegedly containing looted cash and weapons. The incident took place in Komarapalayam town in Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district during a high-speed chase by police. Six other suspects in the theft case were arrested after the confrontation.
According to Tamil Nadu Police, the initial investigation revealed that the robbers belonged to Haryana and were involved in multiple thefts. The gang was fleeing a robbery of three State Bank of India ATMs in which they looted over Rs 65 lakhs in Thrissur in Kerala.
On Friday, police received a tipoff about the suspected lorry after it hit another vehicle. Following this, a team led by Namakkal Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajesh Khanna, started chasing the vehicle.
When the police tried to intercept it, the gang refused to stop after repeated appeals instead they allegedly fired at the police party injuring two officers Inspector Thavamani and Sub-Inspector Ranjith. This forced police to retaliate leading to an encounter in which one suspect was killed after being hit by a bullet.
The gang targeted three ATMs in Thrissur district in Kerala in the early hours of Friday. According to Thrissur City Police Commissioner R Elango, "The incident happened between 2 am and 4 am. One was in the rural police limit, while the other two were in the city police limit. They destroyed the CCTV cameras and used a gas cutter to cut the ATM machine," The Police also released a video showing a car and an ATM inside the container.
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