Mehdipatnam Police arrested four members of an interstate gang involved in ATM card fraud and recovered Rs 52,000 in cash, 89 ATM cards of various banks, three cell phones, and an auto (TS12UA3780) from their possession. The accused include Aamir Suhel alias Ameer Sohail alias Sohel, 24, a lorry driver from Palwal, Haryana; Mubarik, 26, a chicken fry stall owner from Palwal, Haryana; Mustakeem, 25, a lorry driver from Palwal, Haryana; and Md Amer, 33, an auto driver from Moinabad, Hyderabad, originally from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

The case has been registered under Cr. No. 365/2025, U/S 318(4), 303(2) R/w 3(5) BNS at Mehdipatnam Police Station, and the accused have been sent to judicial remand. The investigation began after Sri Alakunta Venkatesh, a resident of Asif Nagar, Hyderabad, reported that Rs 40,000 was fraudulently withdrawn from his mother’s SBI account at Mallepally ATM after he sought help from strangers at the machine.

The gang’s modus operandi involves targeting elderly or illiterate individuals at ATMs, offering assistance, obtaining the PIN, and then swapping the card to withdraw money. Aamir Suhel has four pending cases in Moinabad Police Station, while Mubarik has a prior conviction for automobile theft in Haryana. Acting on a tip-off, Mehdipatnam crime staff apprehended the accused near an ATM at Vijay Nagar Colony on January 3. During interrogation, they confessed to the offences. Police have advised the public not to share ATM cards or PINs with strangers.