Burglars struck again and decamped with iron rods, and other construction materials worth over Rs 1.5 lakh from the godown of an under constructed house at Road No. 14 in Jawaharnagar, Mango during the wee hours on Tuesday.
The police have registered a case of burglary on the basis of an FIR lodged by Mohammed Salim, the civil contractor of the house. According to the FIR, the under-construction house belonged to Noor Ahmed Khan. The construction equipment worth over Rs 1.5 lakh was kept in the godown. The cost of the stolen building materials like iron rod and construction equipment is expected to be over Rs 1.5 lakh.
Officer-in-charge, Mango police station, Himanshu Chandra Majhi confirmed the burglary at Mango. " Yes we have received a complaint about the burglary of building construction materials and have started investigation in this regard," said Majhi. The officer-in-charge claimed that the night patrolling is carried out regularly on the streets, including on Road No 14 in Jawaharnagar, but they failed to take notice of this burglary.