Ghee worth Rs1 lakh stolen from Baltana

Tribune News Service

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Zirakpur, August 13

A ‘maakhan chor’ striking at the dead of night before Janmashtami would fill the heart of any devotee with pride and affection. However, a shopkeeper in Baltana is not amused with the incident. ‘Desi ghee’ worth Rs1 lakh has been swindled and his godown ransacked by a miscreant.

A middle-aged man with wheatish complexion involved in the act has been captured in the CCTV footage, though the police are yet to lay their hands on him.

On August 12 morning, when owner Mohit Mittal came to open the shop, Shri Atma Ram Mittal and Sons, at the Old Kalka Road, he found the shutter of the shop and locks broken.

“Cartons worth Rs1 lakh have been stolen from the shop. We have taken the CCTV footage from a nearby shop and given it to the police,” he said.

Baltana police officials inspected the burgled shop in the morning and are still investigating the matter a day after the Janmashtami celebrations. Roughly, clarified butter worth Rs1 lakh would weigh around 222.22 kgs.