Bangalore police has reportedly shut down over 1,000 ATMs on Sunday after banks failed to comply with their directive on security measures.

The Bangalore police reportedly shut down over 1,000 ATMs on Sunday after banks failed to comply with their directives on security measures following the attack on a woman in an ATM in the city last week.

According to a Hindu report, upon inspection of around 2,900 kiosks to ensure that the banks had deployed security guards and installed CCTV cameras at all ATM kiosks, the police shut down 1,037 ATMs in the city.

On Thursday, police had set 24 November as the deadline for all banks to provide full security at their ATM kiosks across the city in wake of a brutal attack on a woman in an unguarded ATM on Tuesday.

Jyothi Uday, 44, was attacked in a Corporation Bank ATM on J C Road on November 19 morning.

The government had ordered all banks to install CCTV cameras that could capture interior and exterior views in all ATM kiosks, fix alarm systems and post security guards round the clock.

A Times of India report notes that almost all the kiosks did not have alarms and magnetic strips. Only CCTV cameras were installed in all ATMs.

Some banks have voluntarily closed down ATMs as they could not arrange for security guards, while many promised to hire security by Monday, reports Hindu.

Meanwhile, a youth, resembling the attacker of a woman, has been caught on CCTV camera at an ATM in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

From the closed circuit television footage shared by Andhra police with the state police, the suspect was seen in a State Bank of India ATM kiosk standing behind two people on 12 November to draw cash with a debit card, appearing to wear the same clothes he was in when he attacked state-run Corporation Bank manager Jyothi Uday in her bank’s ATM in the city centre a week later.