India, March 4 -- Eight people were arrested as an inter-state ATM robbery gang was busted by the Odisha Police, an officer said on Tuesday.

The arrests were made during an investigation into the robbery at an SBI ATM in Sriram Nagar in Bhubaneswar, Police Commissioner Suresh Dev Datta Singh said.

"Six persons were arrested from Odisha, while two more suspects were arrested from Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal," he said.

The gang had taken away the ATM machine along with the cash in it in the early hours of January 24. While there was Rs 21.77 lakh in cash in it, the cost of the machine was about Rs 1.70 lakh, police said.

Those arrested from the state were identified Debi Prasad Mallia (29), Akash Mohapatra (27), Ramakanta Sahoo (20), ...