Auradkar said many banks have been setting up or opening ATM kiosks in private buildings or commercial complexes across the city, and had failed to inform police about the location of their ATMs with fool-proof security for the machine and customers.
"Our police force has noticed many ATMs mushrooming even in new residential layouts and city's outskirts without enough security system in place. We brought this to the notice of the top officials of all banks and prevailed on them to enhance security at their ATMs after a series of crimes involving ATMs occurred over a year," Auradkar recalled.
In a related development, police announced Rs.1 lakh reward for information on the assailant who is still at large after assaulting the victim, a woman bank officer, in the ATM.
"We will reward Rs.1 lakh to any person sharing information on the assailant absconding after assaulting bank manager Jyothi Uday in her bank's ATM kiosk in the city centre," Auradkar said earlier in the day.
The informer's identity will be protected to ensure his/her safety.
Unconfirmed reports earlier in the day said the assailant had sold the victim's mobile handset to a cell recharge shop at Hindupur in Ananthapur district of Andhra Pradesh, about 100 km north of Bangalore.
