Batteries worth Rs 2.30 lakh were stolen from a Vodafone tower at Saumitra Vihar colony under Shahpura police station area on Sunday. According to the police, security guard Prabhu Thakur assigned to guard the tower went missing on Sunday and when the supervisor, Manish Jain, went to check the security guard, he found that the batteries at the tower were also missing. Jain lodged a complaint with the Bagh Sewania police.
After preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 381 of the IPC and have started searching for the miscreant. In the complaint Jain has claimed that Thakur was assigned the job to guard the tower but instead of guarding the tower he made away with the batteries worth Rs 2.30 lakh.
Meanwhile, valuables along with Rs 40,000 cash were burgled from a house in Malika Tower under Shahjehanabad police station area on Sunday. According to the police, at around 1 pm the victim Mohd Naved along with his family had gone to meet his relative and when he returned at around 11 pm he found that the locks were found broken. On entering the house Naved found that the valuables and cash were missing.
A complaint was lodged with the Shahjehanabad police by the victim and in the complaint he claimed that gold and silver ornaments and Rs 40,000 in cash were missing. The police have registered a case under section 454 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation into the matter.