A gang of thieves committed theft literally in a filmy style. Three thieves, who entered the Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand limited (PTCUl) office in Patel Nagar and Mussorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) office here in guise of fire safety equipment mechanics and took away 171 and 23 smoke detectors respectively from there.
A case has been registered against unidentified persons under section 306 of IPC in the Patelnagar Police Station on Monday. Dehradun SSP Kewal Khurana said that steps will be taken after reviewing CCTV footage installed in these places.
Police said that in his compliant, MDDA Junior engineer Sheshpal Singh said that one person had approached him and said that he would check fire safely equipment. later, it was found that he had stolen as many as 23 smoke detectors. PTCUl Assistant engineer Prabhat Dabral also lodged a complaint saying that 171 smoke detectors were stolen by the thieves.
A case has been registered against unidentified persons in the Patelnagar police station.