Within the second automotive break-in at Sukhna Lake inside every week, thieves stole ₹1.95 lakh money and different valuables after smashing the glass of a automotive parked on the lake’s again finish.
The sufferer, Jagtar Singh, hailing from Sundernagar, Himachal Pradesh, advised the police that he had come to Chandigarh in his Hyundai Creta for some work on Thursday.
Round 11.30 pm, he parked his automotive close to Stairs Quantity 3 on the lake’s again finish. When he returned to his automotive after some time, he noticed a window glass damaged, and his laptop computer, ₹1.95 lakh in money and a few essential paperwork gone.
He approached the police on the Sector-3 station, the place a case below Part 379 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code was registered on Friday.
In an identical case on March 24, thieves had stolen two laptops, a cell phone and a pockets from a automotive parked close to Stairs Quantity 2 on the lake’s again finish. Right here, the automotive was nonetheless locked and no glass was damaged when the automotive’s occupants returned after an hour.
Earlier on February 21, a pockets containing ₹7,000 and ID playing cards had been stolen from a automotive after smashing a glass of a automotive parked close to Sukhna Lake. Police have urged residents visiting the lake to keep away from protecting valuables in parked automobiles.