A handbag carrying Rs1.35 lakh cash, books of account and documents was stolen from a Raisen based trader’s car from Mangalwara in the afternoon on Friday; bag was stolen when the car tyre was repaired.
Police said that the victim Dalichand Gupta after getting his deflated tyre repaired in Mangalwara area found that the bag carrying cash and documents were found missing.
In his complaint with the Managalwara police Gupta claimed that while on his way to the city along with his wife and daughter tyre of car got deflated and he drove the car till the repair shop after leaving his wife and daughter at the spot where the car tyre got deflated and after the tyre was repaired when he checked for the bag carrying cash and documents it was found missing. The mechanic who repaired the tyre expressed ignorance over the bag after which he rushed to his wife and daughter who told that the bag was in the back seat of the car.
The police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Victim is a resident of Raisen and is cloth trader.
The incident took place while the victim was on his way to the city for shopping.
Meanwhile, house of BHEl employee at BDA Colony under Awadhpuri police station area was targeted by miscreants and valuables worth Rs 1 lakh were burgled on Thursday.
According to the police the victim Pradeep Agrawal had gone to Gondia along with his family on April 17 and when he returned the house was found ransacked.
A complaint was lodged with the police by the victim and in the complaint the victim claimed that he had gone to Gondia and when he returned on Thursday the locks of the door were found broken and the valuables were found missing.
Based on the complaint after preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.