The Kadapa police on Sunday solved an ATM theft case within hours by arresting one Chennuru Mahaboob Basha, who reportedly hatched a plan to steal the cash meant to be installed in ATM machines.
Police have launched a search for his accomplice, Shaik Umar Farooq.
On Sunday morning, the cash custodian of a private agency was travelling with ₹70 lakh cash in a fortified vehicle to be replenished in the ATM machines of State Bank of India at Seven Roads Junction and other banks.