Goods worth Rs 1.87 lakh looted from three shops
The Times of India: Unidentified suspects broke into three shops located at Anand complex on Paud road and fled with goods worth Rs 1.87 lakh during the wee hours of Monday. A complaint in this regard has been lodged by Popat Magdum (40) of Mahatma society, Kothrud, with the Kothrud police station.
According to the police, Magdum owns a spare parts shop, Anup Motors. During the wee hours of Monday, the suspects broke the shutter of the shop and decamped with cash and spare parts worth Rs 97,775. The suspects also broke-into three other shops in the shopping complex. They fled with laptops and Rs 8,000 in cash from Rajendra Nilegaonkar’s shop and Rs 25,000 in cash from labour supplier office owned by Somnath Wagh.
This is second such incident in the last two days where suspects have managed to break into shops. During the early hours of Sunday, the suspects broke into seven shops in Vishal Residency in Kasarwadi and fled with cell phones and recharge vouchers totalling to Rs 2 lakh.
Speaking to TOI, sub-inspector Udaysinh Patil of the Kothrud police station said, “The modus operandi in both the incidents in Kothrud and Kasarwadi is similar. We are in touch with the Bhosari police.” He added that there was no security guard at Anand complex.
Dog squad was pressed into service to trace the trail of the suspects. “We are working on some clues,” Patil said.
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