Valuables worth lakhs of rupees were burgled from five shops in BDA complex under TT Nagar police station area on Sunday; a police post is located in front of the complex but police personnel were either not alert or not present there during the burglary. According to the police miscreants targeted shops and made away with valuables worth lakhs of rupees. Variety gift shop, Top N Town ice-cream parlor, Mahesh Kirana store, Krishna Sweets and Govind Store were the shops which were targeted in the burglary.
The shop owners were shocked to find that the locks of the shops were broken and the goods were missing. Police were informed at around 10.25 am regarding the burglary and on the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot and started investigation. Police claimed that the locks were found broken and when the owners of the shop entered the shop they found that the goods were found missing.
Notably, a police post is located within few yards from the complex where the burglary took place but police were not alerted. The victims were not able to provide the loss in the burglary and told that after completely checking the stocks and goods kept inside the shop they would be able to provide the loss but the estimated loss would be lakhs of rupees.
The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Police have decided to take help of CCTV footages installed in the near areas which would help in the investigation. One of the victims Ravi Katiyar who own shop number 3 Mahesh Kirana store claimed that grocery items, few boxes and cash from cash box were found missing but the exact loss would be ascertained as the entry of every sold item is not made which could help in calculating the loss.