Archive · 27 Aug 2026
ATM Robbers Escape Telangana Police After Threatening Gunfire
A group of robbers broke into an ATM in Somangalam.
They used a welding machine to open the ATM and took about Rs.
9 lakh.
The bank’s alarm system warned officials that something was wrong.
Police reached the ATM, but the robbers had already left.
Police later stopped their car at a tollgate in Telangana.
The robbers threatened the police with guns and escaped.
Officers later found the car abandoned in a forest.
Police are now searching for the group and studying evidence and phone activity.
A gang stole around Rs. 9 lakh from an ICICI Bank ATM in Somangalam, Kanchipuram district.
The robbers cut open the ATM with a welding machine around 2:45 a.m. on Tuesday.
Telangana police stopped the gang at a tollgate, but the suspects raised guns and escaped in their car.
Tambaram police later found and seized the abandoned car in an isolated forest in Telangana.
Three special squads, forensic experts and mobile-tower analysis are being used to locate the suspects.
- Who
- A gang that robbed an ICICI Bank ATM; police in Tamil Nadu and Telangana are investigating.
- What
- The gang cut open an ATM and stole around Rs. 9 lakh before escaping after threatening police with guns.
- When
- Around 2:45 a.m. on Tuesday; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- The ATM was in Pudupedu village near Somangalam in Kanchipuram district; the gang later escaped through Telangana.
- Why
- The gang targeted the ATM to steal the cash inside it.
- Amount stolen
- Around Rs. 9 lakh
- Bank
- ICICI Bank
- ATM location
- Pudupedu village, along the Sriperumbudur-Kundrathur road, Somangalam
- Method
- The robbers used a welding machine to cut open the ATM
- Police response
- Three special squads were formed to find the suspects
- Evidence work
- Forensic analysis and mobile-tower phone tracing are underway
- Abandoned vehicle
- The suspected getaway car was found in an isolated forest in Telangana