The UT police have registered 10 cases of thefts, including three snatching incidents, in the past 24 hours.Seven incidents of theft, including four vehicle theft cases and three snatching cases were reported at various police stations of Chandigarh, said police officials.
On Friday, Surinder Singh, a resident of Khuda Ali Sher, reported that someone had stolen five digital cameras, two mini cameras, one video camera, 10 mobile phones and cash worth Rs6,000 his shop at Dhanas colony on the night intervening Thursday and Friday. Madhu Dhingra, in-charge of biology lab at Kendriya Vidyalaya School of Sector 47, reported that an unknown person stole her purse from the school which contained confidential documents of CBSE and some answer sheets of XII pre-board examinations. It also contained three mobile phones, ATM card, some cash and other personal documents of complainant. Meanwhile in an incident of snatching, a resident of Sector 49 alleged that two unknown people had snatched away her purse containing one mobile phone, ATM card, some cash and important documents, while she was going on her vehicle in Sector 34.