Thane cops bust ATM card racket

Mumbai: Police in Thane district busted an ATM card skimming racket as they arrested two Mumbai-based persons. According to police, the accused would steal the ATM passwords of bank account holders residing in Mira-Bhayandar township and siphon off money from their accounts.

“The duo was arrested based on a tip-off," Assistant Superintendent of Police Atul Kulkarni said. Following several complaints of cash getting deducted from the bank accounts of people through suspected cloned ATM cards, Thane District Rural SP Dr Shivaji Rathod directed the police personnel to nab the accused, he said. The police arrested Kishore Nayya (33) and Hemant Jain (32),”  he said.