The eight-member gang arrested in connection with a series of ATM theft cases, including two in the city and looting of over Rs 30 lakh was today remanded and lodged in the Central Jail here.The accused were arrested in Salem and Namakkal, after a chase, while theywere trying to go to their natives places of Haryana and Rajasthan, with the
booty in three vehicles.

The gang had broke open two ATMs in the city and stolen nearly Rs 30 lakh between Saturday and Sunday, police said.The arrested are Salman alias Mubarak (30), Subair (19), Mousam Khan (all from Rajasthan), Ameet Kumar (25) Faridabad in Haryana, Mustak Idris (32)Mathura in Uttar Pradesh; Julpigar (25) Jamkambigar in Bihar; S Ameen (34), Mewat in Haryana, Sumbar alias Suresh (32) Balur district in Haryana. Besides Rs 26 lakh, two cars and a truck were recovered from them.All the accused were produced before a judicial magistrate court,who remanded them in custody for 15 days