Thieves target restaurant, make away with goods worth lakhs

Thieves made away with valuables worth more than Rs 5 lakh from a restaurant located near Bhola Rai Chowk on the Phagwara bypass.

The incident came to light when the owner of one of the top restaurants on the bypass received information early in the morning that two motorcycle-borne individuals were removing inverter batteries from his premises.

When the owner reached the restaurant, he discovered that three air-conditioners, an LCD, cameras, fans, broken items, inverter batteries and several other expensive goods had already been stolen. According to him, the estimated value of the stolen property is around Rs 5 lakh. The restaurant owner revealed that the establishment had been closed for the past few months. Taking advantage of the situation, the thieves reportedly entered from the rear side of the building, executed the theft and fled.