It pays to install CCTVs in homes and always having someone at home to guard it if you go by the recent spate of robberies in HSR Layout. Between May 29 and June 3, there were police reports of two vehicle thefts and four robberies. That’s six incidents in six days. From robbing an Ayurvedic centre to three domestic homes, it is a spate of robberies. Could it be one gang operating in the area? Nothing conclusive on that yet.
FIRST INCIDENT
The first incident of robbery occurred between 3am on May 28 and 11.30pm on May 29 on 24th Main, 13th Cross, Sector 1. Forty-six-year-old businessman Pankaj Goel left for Delhi with his family at 3am on May 28. When he returned at 11.30am on May 29, he saw that somebody had broken the window grill and entered his house to steal Rs 4.5 lakh in cash.
SECOND INCIDENT
This occurred in the house of Prashanth (37) staying on the third floor of a house in Sector 2, 23rd Main, 25th A Cross. On May 29, he and his wife left home at 9.45am to go to their office. When the wife returned at 5.30pm, somebody had broken the lock on the front door and stolen six costly watches, including Esprit, Fossil, Titan, Giordino, a Canon camera and his car’s spare key.
THIRD INCIDENT
Between May 30 at 9.30pm and May 31 at 6.30am, someone broke into Healing Earth multispeciality Ayurveda centre on Outer Ring Road in Sector 5. They stole a Sony TV and Rs 1.5 lakh cash. Someone had broken into the centre through the rear window and took away Rs 1.5 lakh from the chairman’s cabin and a TV in the waiting room.
FOURTH INCIDENT
On June 3, items worth Rs 30,000 were stolen from the courtyard of Geeta Dhir staying on 4th Main in Sector 6. Some of the things stolen included a wall fan, gymnasium set, home theatre, water motor, mobile phone, copper wires and metal utensils, among others. According to her, the theft occurred between 7am and 8.30am.
FIRST INCIDENT OF TWO-WHEELER THEFT
On May 29, at around 10pm, businessman Pragma Reddy (25) parked his Honda Dio (KA51EH1515) worth Rs 45,000 in front of his house in 14th Cross, 3rd Main, Sector 6. When he woke up on May 30 at around 5am, the bike was nowhere to be seen.
SECOND INCIDENT OF TWO-WHEELER THEFT
On May 3, at around 10pm, G Harshavardhan parked his Pulsar AS 150 (KA41EF1987) inside his house gate in 11th Cross, Sector 7. He left for Hyderabad to attend his wedding. When he returned on May 16 at around 10am, the bike was nowhere to be seen. Strangely, the police complaint was filed only on May 31, 2019.
For more bike thefts between May 17 and May 19, you could read this report.
For all the thefts and robberies reported above, the cops have collected the CCTV footage from the neighbouring houses and shops to nab the thieves.
