Pharmacy and home looted in Sector 2, gold stolen in Sector 5

Burglaries have reared their heads again in HSR Layout. On the night of September 2, a pharmacy in Sector 2 was burgled. According to Sourav Mewara (22) who works at a pharmacy on 27th Main in Sector 2, the theft occurred after he shuttered the shop at 10.40pm on September 1, 2019.

When Sourav came back at 9am the next day, he noticed that someone had broken the shutter lock and stolen Rs 1.1 lakh cash kept inside the drawer of the pharmacy.

Gold burglaries
Rupa, a resident of 24th Main, left home at 1030am on August 29. When she returned on September 2 at 5.30am, she found that the main door was broken. In the pooja room, Rs 500 cash and Rs 3.5 lakh worth gold items were stolen.

A week earlier, on August 24, Anu Sinha and her husband Madhu ND, left their home in Sector 5 at 11am. They had locked their house to visit their native place in Chikmagalur. Anu asked her brother Dr Aman Sinha to keep a watch on her house while they were gone. On August 25 at 10.30pm, Dr Aman visits the house only to realise that someone had entered the house from the balcony door of the first floor house. They had allegedly broken the bedroom door and made away with gold jewellery.

In all the cases above, the HSR Layout cops have registered a case of theft (IPC 380), house-trespass (IPC 454) and house-breaking (IPC 457).

The cops advise that cash and expensive items should be kept in bank lockers to avoid these situations. In addition, installing CCTVs, motion-activated sensors and informing your neighbours to remain vigilant can help.