Factory worker held for stealing Rs 50K in Ludhiana

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 10

The police have arrested an employee of a factory from where Rs 50,000 were stolen. The police arrested Lalit Mahto, resident of Vishnupur village in Samastipur district of Bihar, for allegedly stealing Rs 50,000 from the factory where he was employed as a helper. Vikas Somani, resident of Omax Royal Residency on Pakhowal Road, who runs a garment factory, Saavi International, in the Guru Vihar area, had lodged a report with police that Lalit had been working in his firm for the last three-four years and also living on the factory premises. “On January 9 when I came to the factory, Lalit was not there and I later found that Rs 50,000, kept in a drawer in the office, were missing,” he said in the report. During investigation, the police arrested the Lalit and recovered Rs 45,000 stolen money from his possession. A case under Section 381 of the IPC was registered.

Theft in shop

Thieves broke into an electrical shop on Chandigarh Road here on the intervening night of January 7 and 8 and took away 35 electric motors, 24 inches LED TV, 35 kg copper wire and around Rs 15,000 cash. The owner of the shop, Precision Electricals, said in a complaint to the police that thieves had gained entry into the shop from a vacant site at the rear of the shop. The police have registered a case under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC.

House burgled

A house in New Sarabha Nagar at Daad village here was burgled when the family had gone out of station for three days. Harjinder Kaur lodged a complaint with the police saying that when they came back, the lock of the main gate was broken and the house ransacked. She said she found Rs 60,000 and gold jewellery missing from the cupboard. A case has been registered.

Bolero stolen

Kashmir Singh, an SCO owner in Gian Singh Rarewala Market here, has reported to the police that his Bolero, parked outside his SCO, was stolen on the night of January 8. The police have registered a case.

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