The two have been identified as Bhushan Pandey, 30, of Bhawanigram Panchayat and Dilip Kumar Yadav, 22, of Purainiyagram Panchayat of Bihar in India. Both of them were currently living in Birgunj.Following the complaints from various account holders of Nabil bank, the police had enquired on the illegal transaction and a squad deployed from the Crime Division had arrested the two from Birgunj. Police Inspector Pashupati Kumar Ray, who led the investigation, said that the two Indian youths were found to have withdrawn cash from various ATM booths in Pokhara and Birgunj.
According to preliminary investigation of the police, one of the two suspects kept a close watch on customer's fingertips to track the pin number of ATM card-holders while the other entered the ATM booth pretending as if he didn't know how to use an ATM card.
The division has sent them to the Metropolitan Police Range Office, Teku for further investigation. The two will be charged under the electronic transaction and banking fraud act. Police have also seized a laptop, mobile phone and internet data card from them.
Crime Division has suggested ATM card users to not to allow strangers to enter booths until they are finished withdrawing cash, hold their cards properly so that no one can read the details while queuing outside ATM boots and to destroy the receipts.
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