More than half a dozen shops and offices were targeted at Karond square by miscreants and valuables worth lakhs of rupees were burgled in the night of Monday. Nishatpura police has started search for the miscreants.
The complex which had shops and offices was targeted by the miscreants as the shops and offices were adjacent to each other. Shopkeepers after opening the shop found that the valuables were burgled and found hole in the wall which was made to enter and escape with the valuables.
The mobile phone shop borne the highest lost as several mobile phones were burgled value of which would be provided by the accused after checking the price of the burgled mobile phones.
The shop owners were shocked to find that the locks of the shops were broken and the goods were missing. Police were informed at around 10 am regarding the burglary and on the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot and started investigation.
Police claimed that the locks were found broken and when the owners of the shop entered the shop they found that the goods were found missing.
The police have registered a case under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC and started further investigation.
The shops of mobile phones of the area which is situated near Hanuman temple has been targeted earlier. Near the complex people used to gamble and drink and gathering of anti-social elements was witnessed daily.
