India, Aug. 3 -- Two men who stole Rs.12.4 lakh from an ATM in Jassipura, Ghaziabad on July 24 were arrested on Saturday, police said, adding that the accused are ATM technicians and spent two months planning the crime.

The accused were identified as Suraj Narayan, 33, who is from Ayodhya and a resident of Sangam Vihar, Delhi, and his friend Sonu Rajput, 34, from Mainpuri and a resident of Munirka, Delhi, police said.

"We caught the two accused using electronic surveillance," said Dhawal Jaiswal, deputy commissioner of police of the city zone. "They were familiar with the ATM. Sonu is an ATM technician with a service-providing company. As part of their plan, Sonu broke the lock dialer of the ATM on purpose. When the lock had to be repla...