The Vadodara Detection of Crime Branch arrested three men on Saturday for allegedly attempting to break into ATMs, using gas cutters, to steal money and pay off a loan of approximately Rs 15 lakh accumulated due to online gaming addiction, police said.
The accused, identified as Sarfaraz Yasin Hussain Saiyed (28), Soham Kalidas Mali (29) and Manish Solanki (29) were arrested from Kishanwadi area, after the police cordoned off a “suspicious vehicle”, based on a tip off.
During checking, the police said, the gang was found in possession of an oxygen cylinder, gas cutter pipes among other equipment needed to break into ATM machines — suspected to be stolen from a welding shop in the city.