Miscreants targeted a parked car at Sadbhawana Chowk under Govindpura police station area and a bag carrying valuables worth Rs 1 lakh was stolen from the car.
According to the police the bag was stolen from the car of victim Sumit Sharma parked at Sadbhawana Chowk when he had gone to visit Bhojpal fair with his wife and when he returned the bag was found stolen.
The incident took place late in the evening on October 27 when the victim went to the Bhojpal fair and parked the car and went inside the fair along with his wife and on return he found that the bag was missing. He asked the locals but they expressed ignorance over spotting anyone near the car.
The bag was carrying the purse of the victim's wife in which gold jewelery and cash was there. With the other valuables the total loss in the theft was over Rs 1 lakh.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and have started further investigation into the matter. The spot where the theft took place was not having CCTV cameras installed.
Police said that the circumstantial evidence suggest that the victim was followed and when the car was parked without closing the window of the back seat the bag was stolen from the car by breaking the window panes.