Police have made a breakthrough in a theft case that took place in Covid 19 led locked Westfield Public School Bhawandi on August 19 following which director of school Awadesh Pandey lodged an FIR with Chainpur police on August 20.
Officer in charge of this police station Sunit Kumar said thieves had stolen motor pump, main switch, fans, charger, cut out, bundles of wires and other wiring equipments of this school worth rupees 1,70,000 out of which police have recovered 2 fans, 1 motor pump, 1 stabiliser, 4 changer boards.
Director of school Awadesh Pandey said, “ We have lost many more things in this theft like 200 to250 switches, bundles of wires, fittings of bath rooms etc. We believe Chainpur police will try hard to recover these stolen items too as it has caused me heavy financial losses.” SDPO Sadar Sandip Kumar Gupta said two thieves identified as Azad Ansari alias Borka and Ashraf Ansari were remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday.
Gupta said two thieves are notorious. SDPO said inspector R R Shahi and Sunit Kumar along with 4 other police officials got case cracked.
Gupta said this is first case where theft has been committed in closed school. Police have asked all school owners to ensure effective watch by their own security personnel.
Sunit Kumar said during course of theft someone took photos of thieves in action and that photos were later matched with cctv camera footages installed near a hotel and thus police matched photos and zeroed in on these two who have confessed to their commission of theft in school.