COIMBATORE: An unidentified person attempted to break open an automated telling machine (ATM) of a nationalized bank at Vellalore here in the early hours of Sunday morning after spraying black paint on CCTV cameras. However, an inbuilt alarm went off when the burglar cut the wire in the machine, forcing him to flee.
Nearby residents said they had heard the alarm sound around 5.30am and rushed to the Canara Bank building with its ATM centre on Vellalore-Singanallur road. When they found red chilli powder on its premises and black colour spray on CCTV cameras, they alerted the Podanur police.
A team led by police inspector A Natesan visited the crime scene immediately, while forensic experts lifted a few fingerprints from the ATM centre. Bank authorities, who checked the CCTV footage, said the burglar had covered his face with clothes.
