Mysuru, Feb. 5 -- Following Kotekar Co-operative Bank dacoity in Mangaluru last week, city's nationalised and Private Banks, which have woken up, have taken preventive steps by deploying security personnel in their Banks and ATM kiosks.

The Banks have also reduced the gap of the entrance door so that only one person can enter the Bank at a time. By reducing the entry area of the Bank, robbers will not find it easy to escape from the Bank after committing crime.

Star of Mysore had also highlighted lack of adequate security at ATM kiosks in city by publishing a news item titled 'Spike in ATM kiosk robberies: 90 percent of ATMs in city lack security' on Jan. 24.

It may be recalled that last week, dacoits had robbed Kotekar Co-operative Ba...