PANJIM: Crime Branch (CB) that is investigating the skimming of money at ATMs in Goa, which has affected over 50 customers of various banks, has now released photographs of two of the accused. CB SP Karthhik Kashyap said both accused appear to be foreigners and that directions have been given to his officers to look for their whereabouts.
He said an inquiry is in progress and if need be they will seek the help of Central agencies and Interpol as the issue is serious and needs to be tackled quickly.
Kashyap said the accused have used micro pin-sized cameras to record the pin code of customers ATM cards and skimmers to grab the magnetic information from the ATM card.
In all three places the same two persons have been identified while attaching the skimmer and camera. Some of the withdrawals have taken place in London and Bulgaria, but Kashyap added that the accused are still in Goa and they are tracking them.
“We have written to FFRO and Bureau of Immigration not to allow this duo to leave the country. We have sent photographs of both to most law enforcing agencies to trap them wherever found,” Kashyap said.
In three cases over Rs 8 lakh have been withdrawn from 50-odd accounts in mainly three banks. Kashyap said bank officials are not responding in time so as to expedite investigations.
