CURATED BY – MOHMMAD MUNEER | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shahdol, lakhs of rupees have been stolen in Green City Colony of Kotwali police station area. This theft took place in the house of UltraTech's HR Vinod Kumar Tripathi, after getting information about the incident, the Kotwali team reached the spot and started investigation. Since the case involved theft of lakhs, the SP himself reached the spot and instructed the police station in-charge to investigate the matter closely. Lakhs of rupees have been stolen in Green City Colony located on Budhar Road of the divisional headquarters. The rented house of UltraTech's HR manager Vinod Kumar Tripathi has been burgled. Four days ago, Tripathi along with his family had gone to Lucknow for some personal work. When he returned on Friday morning, he saw that the lock of the house was broken and the gold and silver ornaments kept inside were stolen. There was some cash too, but more jewellery, which the police have estimated to be worth around 15 lakhs. According to the police, Tripathi lives on rent on the ground floor of Ravikaran Singh's house in Green City. At the time of the incident, the landlord was upstairs but he did not get a clue. Police said that the incident took place on Thursday night between 3.30 and 4.20 and a masked thief was seen in the CCTV, who is being searched for. However, till late evening the police could not find the thief. The colony in which the theft took place is very dense and surrounded from all sides. Guards are posted at every gate and keep an eye on every movement, after this the thief easily did his job and went away. People live in every house of the colony, but people came to know about the thief who had entered inside only when the police arrived. Kotwali police station in-charge Raghavendra Tiwari said that there has been a theft in the house of HR of Ultratrack Coal Company Vichar. He had gone out, meanwhile the thief must have done recce and committed the crime as soon as he got the chance. Many big thefts took place in many places of the city in the past few days but a lot of time has passed and the police is proving unsuccessful in catching the thieves. The miscreants who attacked the youth have not been arrested by the Kotwali police till now. These days the morale of the criminals is high in the Kotwali, incidents of theft, assault, chain snatching are coming to the fore every day but the Kotwali police is proving unsuccessful in stopping the crime.