Palghar, Sept. 24 -- Boisar police in neghbouring Palghar district have arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly cheating a woman of Rs 90,000 by using a walkie-talkie to trick her at an ATM, police said on Thursday.
The accused, identified as Jitendra Ramdev Pal, was arrested on September 18 following a technical investigation and information received by the police.
The incident took place on September 14 at an SBI ATM in Shivaji Nagar, Boisar, when the woman had gone there with her son-in-law to withdraw cash.
After withdrawing Rs 7,000, her debit card got stuck inside the ATM. The accused allegedly spoke to her through a walkie-talkie hidden inside the ATM cabin and claimed that he was monitoring her through the ATM camera.
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