Bhubaneswar, Jan. 16 -- Four persons have been detained in connection with the ATM theft incident reported from Jajpur Maina, with Binjharpur police apprehending the suspects from outside Odisha as part of the ongoing investigation. The detentions came nearly two weeks after the incident, following what police described as strong intelligence inputs.

Police sources confirmed that the detained individuals are suspected to be directly involved in the theft and that all of them hail from outside the state.

The incident occurred on the night of January 1, when miscreants allegedly uprooted an ATM and fled with it using a small pickup truck. Jajpur police had earlier indicated that five to seven persons were involved in the crime.

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