A squad of six people which robbed ATMs by blowing them up with explosives was arrested in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Sunday.
Hemant Chauhan, superintendent of police, Damoh, told that the mastermind of the gang was 28-year-old civil services aspirant Devendra Patel and the gang, arrested by Damoh Police on Saturday, was looting ATMs by blowing them up using gelatin sticks since June last year.
Police have recouped more than Rs 25 lakh cash, two indigenous pistols, eight cartridges, detonators, three bikes, laptops and other items from the accused.
Inspector General (IG) of Sagar Police Range Anil Sharma told reporters here on Sunday that the identity of the arrested accused was Devendra Patel (28), Jageshwar Patel (27), Nitesh Patel (25), Jairam Patel (32), Rakesh Patel (24) and is described as Param Lodhi (30).
On July 19, they had looted Rs 22 lakh from an ATM in Panna in this manner.
The gang had blown up seven ATMs so far and looted Rs 46 lakh, senior police official (Sagar Zone) Anil Sharma told reporters on Sunday.