Mangalore, July 9, 2014: A woman agent in-charge of ’Any Time Payment’ (ATP) machine installed at Mescom office at Attavar is absconding with Rs 2.60 lakh cash that was in the machine it is reported.
This is the second such instance of ATP machine theft in the city. In December 2012, a machine with Rs 3.29 lakh cash paid as electricity bills by the customers, was missing. A man and a woman were arrested.
In present case, Pandeshwar police state,a case has been registered, the woman who was operating the machine has gone missing with Rs 2.6 lakh cash. She was an emplyee of Smart Detectives and Allied Services (India) Private Limited, an agency that operates all ATP machines for Mescom in the State. Further police investigation is in progress and the missing woman is to be traced.