Bangalore: Five days after a woman was hit on the head with a machete at an ATM booth in Bangalore, the police from next-door Andhra Pradesh feel they know something about the attacker.
When he assaulted the woman in Bangalore, leaving her with a fractured skull, he was filmed by security cameras at the ATM.
The police in Andhra Pradesh say a man resembling him was filmed eight days earlier by cameras at an ATM in Anantpur, 200 kilometres away. His clothes, build and bag match that of the Bangalore attacker, they said.
The ATM card he used in Andhra Pradesh was stolen, the police believes, from a 54-year-old woman who was murdered in Anantpur. Footage shows the man struggling to use the card till
others in queue behind him helped out.
The Bangalore police has announced a Rs one-lakh award for any information on the attacker.
Over 1,000 ATM machines in the city are not functional because the banks that own them failed to provide security guards to man them, as ordered by the government after last week's egregious assault.
When he assaulted the woman in Bangalore, leaving her with a fractured skull, he was filmed by security cameras at the ATM.
The police in Andhra Pradesh say a man resembling him was filmed eight days earlier by cameras at an ATM in Anantpur, 200 kilometres away. His clothes, build and bag match that of the Bangalore attacker, they said.
others in queue behind him helped out.
The Bangalore police has announced a Rs one-lakh award for any information on the attacker.
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