MEERUT, Dec. 10 -- Moradabad police on Wednesday busted an interstate ATM theft racket after arresting five members, including a fugitive CRPF jawan, following an encounter on Kanth Road late Monday night, officials said.

Two of the accused sustained gunshot injuries to their legs during the exchange of fire, even as the alleged mastermind, Niyamat alias Ghoda of Mewat in Haryana, remains at large, they added.

Those arrested have been identified as Abdul Mateen of Barbalan near Jama Masjid; Tanzeem of Ghosiagali, Mughalpura; Hifzur Rehman alias Hasnain of Dehariya Nagfani; Zubair Khan of Khilluka, Palwal (Haryana); and Naresh alias Fauji, a fugitive CRPF jawan from Aurangabad in Bulandshahr.

According to officials, the gang's roots tra...