If all HSR residents follow the crime updates on this channel, many of their valuables would be safe. They can learn from the faults of others. On December 6, we wrote about how a Sector 3 resident lost his laptop and phone for keeping his door open. Twelve days later, a similar theft happened at an apartment on 24th Main in Sector 2. The door was kept open and the alleged thief made away with electronic goods worth lakhs.
The theft occurred between 7.30am and 7.50am on December 18 at Misty Meadows apartment near Food Palace in Sector 2. Twenty-seven-year-old Sanchay Gupta kept his front door open and went inside the rooms for some work. By the time he was back in 20 minutes, he ended up losing expensive gadgets like an Apple Macbook Air, two iPhone 7 phones, Dell laptop (14-inch), a headphone, charger, two silver rings, keyboard and mouse, among others. In all, he lost goods worth Rs 2.5 lakhs.
What’s shocking is that this has happened in a more secure apartment complex. We can understand if independent houses are facing this issue, but if apartments are also being targetted by miscreants, then this case should serve a cautionary note to every resident. They can no longer keep their entrance door open. Anybody can walk in and walk out within seconds.
In this case, the alleged culprit’s face, though not clearly visible, was captured on CCTVs at the apartment entrance. “He’s seen enterting without a bag and exiting with a bag,” said Sanchay to Residents Watch. “When I checked the footage from other places to see if I can get his vehicle number, I found that he was wearing a white shirt and blue jeans and roaming around the street for 20 minutes before entering our apartment on foot, and he had no company.”
Clearly, there was a flaw at the apartment security as no one should be allowed inside without making an entry in the log book. However, that alone may not be enough. What is required is more vigilance by the residents’ themselves. No longer can they keep their doors and windows open. In another recent case, the window grill was sawed to steal a laptop kept in a ground floor independent house in Sector 2 after they had slept at night.
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