Nagpur: Unidentified miscreants targeted two parked cars and stole two laptops and other valuables by smashing window glasses of the vehicles. The kind of crime is witnessing a spurt in the city.
In the first incident, a resident of Shrikrishna Vandan Aprtment, Friends Colony, Katol Road, Ranay Ranjitarsingh Mohta (36) parked his Hyundai car (MH-31/TV 4822) near Mount Road Overbridge in Sadar around 8 pm on Monday. As Shrikrishna was busy in his outing, unidentified criminal(s) smashed window glass of rear door of his car and decamped with a black-coloured Lenovo IBM laptop worth Rs 50,000. The theft came to notice of Shrikrishna when he returned to his car. He immediately registered a case in this regard with Sadar police.
Police constable Premkumar Dhurve booked the unidentified goon(s) under Section 379 of the IPC and started investigation.
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Similarly, another victim, Shahjad Mehurnuz Patel (27), resident of Breed Plaza, Kadbi Square, parked his Maruti Brezza car (MH-49/AE 5941) in front of New Bharatiya Motors, near Arya Samaj Building, CA Road between 5.15 pm and 7.15 pm on Monday. He then went for purchasing electric tools in a nearby shop. In the meantime, unidentified miscreant(s) broke glass of car’s side window and laid hands on a Lenovo laptop and important documents.
Ganeshpeth ASI Pratapsingh Thakur, based on complaint of Shahjad, registered a case under Sections 379, 461 of the IPC and searching for the offenders.
On Sunday also, unidentified burglars had lifted a a bag containing gold ornaments and a cellphone collectively worth Rs 41,000 from Mahindra Bolero car when it was parked in front of Swarg Lawns on Kamptee Road in Pachpaoli Police Station jurisdiction. A resident of Bani Rambhapur, Akola, Harshavardhan Pundlikrao Mendhe (37) and his family had come to Swarg Lawns to attend a wedding ceremony. Harshavardhan had parked his Mahindra Bolero car (MH-40/BF4801) in front of the lawns. Between 8.30 pm and 9 pm, a thief broke the window glass of the car and took away the bag containing gold ornaments and a mobile phone collectively worth Rs 41,000.
