A daring theft was committed in the office of the daily Ranchi Express on Saturday. The premise also has office of ‘Third Eye of Jharkhand’, a tabloid. The thieves broke open the ventilator and took away one highly sophisticated camera besides other valuables. The incident was detected on Sunday morning around 9.30am when Jaspreet Singh alias Guddu a senior reporter opened the office.
The Daltonganj police was called in. The OC Daltonganj police station Beyas Ram reached the office. later DSP Prabhat Ranjan Barwar also arrived for investigating the incident. A sniffer dog was also pressed into action but no clue could come out. The thieves broke open the ventilator with the help of a stone and brick. The police have recovered these materials from the site. The police are investigating the matter and have made some interrogations. The newspaper office is situated at Mahila college road in Daltonganj.