JAIPUR: Record nine cases of thefts were reported here on Monday at different city police station areas, reflecting poor policing in the city.
Several people who had gone out to celebrate Rakshabandhan on Sunday were shocked when they returned and found their houses ransacked by thieves.
Theft cases were reported across multiple city police stations including Manak Chowk, Vaishali Nagar, Pratap Nagar, Mansarover, etc.
Probably the biggest heist was reported in Vaishali Nagar where unidentified thieves decamped with gold and diamond-studded rings, gold chains, bracelets, gold biscuits, and other valuable items along with cash worth Rs 11 lakh.
The complainant in his FIR to Vaishali Nagar police alleged that he had gone to New Delhi with his family to celebrate Rakshabandhan on Sunday. When he returned on Monday, he found that thieves had decamped with valuable items. An FIR was registered at Vaishali Nagar police station on Monday.
Vaishali Nagar SHO Anil Jamin said the police searched for the accused and retrieved CCTV camera footage of nearby areas.
A similar incident took place in Jagdish Vihar locality under Kho Nagoriyan police station, where Praveen Kumar Sharma had gone out to celebrate Rakshabandhan on Sunday. When he returned home on Monday morning, he found that his house was ransacked. Three gold rings were missing along with silver coins and cash of Rs 10,000.
“I have filed a complaint,” he said.
An official informed TOI that possibly some gangs had conducted a recce of houses before striking on Sunday. “Lot of families had gone out after locking the main gate of their houses to celebrate the festival. It appears that thieves had conducted a recce of easy targets and decamped with valuable items,” the official added.
Additional commissioner, (crime) Ajay Pal Lamba said prima facie it appears that these were isolated cases.
