A truck carrying petrol filling machines of Reliance worth Rs 60 lakh was stolen from Kokta Transport Nagar under Bilkharia police station area on Sunday.
The truck was laden with filling machines which was scheduled to be delivered in Kolkata was stolen. The driver of the truck Mohammad Umar lodged a complaint with the Bilkharia police.
The truck bearing registration number MH 04 HS 1745 loaded the machines from Mumbai and was on its way to Kolkata halted at Kokta Nagar and the driver went to his house in Aishbagh in the night and when he returned the truck was found stolen.
The truck was carried 11 filing machines worth Rs 60 lakh while the truck was worth Rs 16 lakh.
The total loss in the theft was around Rs 76 lakh. The police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Police said that the driver would be quizzed in the investigation and nearby installed CCTV cameras would be investigated. The toll plazas of all the possible routes have been informed and CCTV footage of those toll plazas would be investigated.
Meanwhile, Kolar police have booked three persons for criminal breach of trust who took a Tata Safari for repair and never returned the vehicle.
Police said that the victim Sudheshan Bose provided his Tata Safari for repair to Pahad Singh, Pradeep Tomar and Hari Shankar Mishra on December 18, 2017 but the three never returned the vehicle even after several request made by the victim.
Based on the complaint the police have registered a case under section 406 of the IPC and have started further investigation.