A bag carrying Rs 19,000 cash and important documents were stolen from Old Sindhi market under Tilajamalpura police station area late on Tuesday evening.
According to the police, the victim Jairaj Rajdev’s bag was stolen from his scooter parked in front of his house. A complaint was lodged with the Tilajamalpura police and in his complaint the victim stated that when he returned home on Tuesday evening a youth fell on the road, facing seizure. After spotting the youth suffering he rushed to his help by leaving the bag in the scooter.
After the youth regained conscious and the victim returned, found the bag which he had left in the scooter was missing. Victim raised suspicion that the youth and his accomplices have stolen the bag in a planned manner.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under Section 379 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Bag was carrying Rs 19,000 and documents related to accounts claimed the victim.
In the initial investigation police have found that the youth suffered from epilepsy and it is possible that someone from the group of people gathered at the spot to help the youth have stolen the bag as the locals are aware of the business of the victim and his routine which might have helped the miscreants.
The victim owns a shop in Jumerati and deals in oil. The incident took place on Tuesday when he returned in the evening after closing the shop.