Miscreants targeted a parked car near Bhopal talkies under Shahjehanabad police station area and bag carrying a laptop and Rs 43,000 cash was stolen by breaking the window panes on Thursday.
According to the police the bag was stolen from the victim Mansi Sharma’s car parked near Bhopal talkies when she went to buy goods. When she returned after around one hour, she found her bag was stolen.
The incident took place at around 6 pm when the victim went to the Bhopal talkies area where she parked the car and went to buy goods and on her return she found that the bag was missing. She asked the locals but they expressed ignorance over spotting of anyone near the car.
The cash and laptop were kept in a bag at the adjacent seat of driver and the window panes of the door were broken to remove the bag.
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 vigil by police personnel but no one failed to spot anyone near the car and stop the theft. The victim works as a doctor and is a resident of Yashoda Vihar.
Police said that the circumstantial evidence suggest that the victim was followed for long distance and as soon as the car was parked the bag was stolen from the car by breaking the window panes.