The Veppadai police in Namakkal district on Saturday registered cases, including attempt to murder, assault, and endangering public life, against six suspects of the brazen ATM heist in Kerala’s Thrissur district, a senior police
officer said.

One of the six persons detained by the police, following a dramatic chase at Kumarapalayam on Friday, is undergoing treatment at the Coimbatore government hospital for injuries he suffered when the police opened fire in self-defence after he attacked.

The seventh person in the gang, the container truck driver, was gunned down by the police when he assaulted a police official and fled.

“Preliminary enquiries reveal that the gang has been involved in inter-state robberies at several ATMs and the Haryana police have been informed about their detention and shootout as they all hailed from that state,” he said.

The police officer said all formalities would be completed before producing the suspects in court.

Videos of the incident of the truck flinging a two-wheeler rider after knocking his vehicle down, and dragging a car, with the police in hot pursuit went viral on social media.

The two-wheeler rider, however, escaped by a whisker when he immediately got up from the road, on time to evade the container’s wheels.