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Bangalore cops to crack down on FIs flouting ATM security regs

The announcement followed reports by the media that banks were ignoring regulations imposed last year after a vicious machete attack on a woman using an ATM.

December 19, 2014

Police in Bangalore, India, have advised banks in the city that they have until Dec. 31 to comply with ATM safety standards that were implemented a year ago following a shocking machete attack on a woman at an ATM.

Recent reports have taken Bangalore police to task for lax — or nonexistent — enforcement of rules that require deployers to install CCTV cameras and security alarms in ATM kiosks, and to either post a guard at all ATMs or shut down unattended machines.

According to a story in the Bangalore Mirror, a commissioner of police told bank representatives last Friday that police will conduct random checks of the city's 8,000 ATMs and, beginning Jan. 1, will cite banks that fail to follow the security rules.

"Banks say they have taken almost all the measures required, but unless we verify it on the ground, we can't believe it," he said.