There has been a steep surge in theft cases in Bokaro since past few weeks. Thieves escaped with cash and valuables across the city keeping security personnel on their toes every night. Over the last 15 days, many cases of thefts of valuables were reported under different police stations across the Bokaro Steel City.
On Tuesday thieves escaped with valuables and cash from four houses, including ex-general manager of BCCl at Bari Co-operative under Sector 12 police station. According to the police, TV, silver sculpture, gas cylinders, household goods, clothes, mobile phones including cash from the houses of DN Sharma, Manish Kumar, Sujit Kumar at Bari Co-operative.
“Thieves entered into the house after breaking the lock and escaped after committing theft”, police said. Three days earlier thieves had stolen valuables and ornaments worth Rs 12 lakh after breaking a lock in Sector 6 A. Nobody was in the house at that time of the incident, all family members were out of city, said OC of Sector 6 police station. While in another incident, thieves escaped with cash, ornament and other valuables from the house of Anil Kumar Singh at Sector 8 A. In third case goods worth of Rs 1.20 lakh, including laptop, diamond ring and cash were stolen from Sector 4 A. The fourth theft incident occurred in Sector 3 D under City police station, where thieves escaped with valuable and other household goods.
FIRs have been lodged at the respective police stations and police have started the investigation, said OCs.
Amidst all odds, district police on move for installation of more CCTVs in the twin cities of Bokaro and Chas to curb the crime.