BHOPAL: He was in a hurry to hit the jackpot, but forgot basic rules of the game at the crunch moment and paid heavy price for it. A youth entered an ATM near Board Office area early Saturday morning to lay his hands on all that was inside the metal machine. In his eagerness to walk away with the dough by ripping apart innards of ‘golden egg laying’ machine, he went hammer and tongs at it. Barely a few minutes into the job, he literally got a shock of his life. An electric shock to be precise. Next minute, he went sprawling on the floor on all his fours, became unconcious and lay there for next couple of hours. The ‘enterprising’ man is now cooling heels in police lock-up.

The incident came to light when the man Dinesh Thakur, 31, responsible for ATM upkeep, went there on Saturday morning after receiving a call there was there was no electricity. After entering the kiosk, the young mechanic began looking look for fault and reached backroom of the machine. Thinking that door is open, he tried to slam shut it, but could not succeed. It took him no time to realize that someone was inside. With help of a person, he opened the door and found the accused, later identified as Arjun Kumar, 22, inside the machine unconscious.

The youth, a resident of Bagh Mugalia, was caught hold of and handed over to MP Nagar police.

The accused came armed with cutter, screw drivers and other tools required to cut the ATM. He reportedly told police that he went into the ATM to loot it, but suffered electric shock and became unconscious.

MP Nagar police booked accused under sections of IPC and said verifying if he has criminal record.