Nabbed for trying to draw cash using ATM cards not his own; said he wanted to buy clothes, other things to celebrate festival
Nabbed for trying to draw cash using ATM cards not his own; said he wanted to buy clothes, other things to celebrate festivalA 21-year-old Mahim resident's hopes of celebrating Ramzan by spending lavishly were dashed when cops arrested him while he was allegedly trying to use debit cards belonging to other persons to withdraw cash.
A police patrol nabbedu00a0 Shoeb Zuber Dhoodhwala when he was loitering suspiciously outside the ATM kiosks opposite Bharatmata cinema in Parel. During interrogation, Shoeb confessed that the debit cards did not belong to him.
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He told the cops that he found them discarded at a bus stop in Mahim and was trying to withdraw money using them, so he could shop for clothes and other items on the occassion of Ramzan. Cops recovered Rs 8,000 from him.
Snooping aroundThe accused, who had hired a cab at Matunga, allegedly got down at several ATMs to withdraw cash with the debit cards.
Upon reaching Bharatmata Cinema, he made another attempt, but two police constables, sensing something amiss in his behaviour, stopped him for questioning.
As he failed to give a satisfactory reply to what he was doing, he was taken to the police station for inquiry.
There, heu00a0broke down and confessed that he had found the ATM cards near a bus stop in Mahim and was trying to withdraw the cash through it.
The police traced the driver of the cab he had hired, and upon questioning him, found that Shoeb first entered an ATM in Dadar, followed by another in Parel, before being arrested near Bharatmata Cinema.
Officials have not found any criminal record against Shoeb. "The accused may not have been involved in other criminal acts.
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He committed the offence to go shopping for Eid. We are looking into his past record," said an officer.
Police also found that his driving licence belonged to someone else and he had pasted his photograph over the original.
"At around 3 am last night, Shoeb got out of the taxi and went inside an ATM. A few minutes later, he came out and went to another ATM. This happened several times, making him appear suspicious.
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Our constables thus detained him for questioning," said senior police inspector Vikram Patil of Bhoiwada police station.
"He was produced in the Bhoiwada court, and he has been sent to police custody for four days.
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We have recovered a fake driving license, an ING Vysya ATM card, another of ICICI bank, and a third of Kotak Mahindra," Patil added.
Shoeb's father has a spare parts shop in Chor Bazaar, while he himself is a high school dropout.
