India, Aug. 24 -- A 22-year-old man who allegedly duped people in ATMs was arrested following an encounter with police near the Yamaha intersection on Friday, police said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Sunny alias Nitesh Babu of Auraiya, fired at police while trying to escape on a motorcycle and was injured in retaliatory fire.

Police said Sunny, along with two jailed accomplices identified as Sumit and Sanjay (one names), used glue to trap cards in ATMs, tricked victims into sharing PINs, and later withdrew cash.

Sunny would apply adhesive such as Fevicol or Fevikwik in the card slot of the ATM, causing customers' cards to get stuck. His associates would appear pretending to help and hand over a "helpline number," which in rea...