Bhopal

Batteries worth Rs 1 lakh burgled from Gunga shop

Staff Reporter

Batteries worth Rs 1 lakh were taken away from a shop at Harrakheda under Gunga police station area. A complaint was lodged on Wednesday with the Gunga police.

According to the police, the victim Naresh Vishawakarma found that the locks of the shutter were broken and batteries were burgled.

The incident took place on July 2 but the victim lodged a complaint with the police on Wednesday after he failed to find the batteries in the nearby areas.

In his complaint victim stated that around 15 new batteries and few damaged batteries were burgled.

The total loss in the burglary was around Rs 1 lakh.

The victim used to repair batteries and was also a dealer of new batteries. The victim is resident of the same village where he used to run shop. 

Based on the complaint after preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started searching for the miscreant.

Meanwhile, valuables worth Rs 40,000 were burgled from Government Quarters under Kamla Nagar police station area on Wednesday.

According to the police, the victim Chandrabhan Sharma was asleep when miscreants targeted his house and escaped with goods.

A complaint was lodged with the Kamla Nagar police by the victim and in the complaint he claimed that two mobile phonea and electronic goods worth Rs 40000 were burgled from his house on Wednesday.

The police have registered a case under section 454 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation into the matter.