Mangalore: Rs 3,80,000 Stolen in Matter of Minutes in Broad Daylight
Pics: Spoorthi Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Aug 30: Cases of theft in the city just don't seem to be dying down. In yet another incident, perhaps more shocking as it occurred in the broad daylight on Tuesday August 30, a sum of Rs 3,80,000 in cash was stolen from a two-wheeler.
The cash was in the glove compartment of a Honda Activa belonging to Kumarswamy, a contractor of Mangalore City Corporation who takes up road repair and other works in the city.
On Tuesday, Kumarswamy with Rs 4 lac in his possession and accompanied by a worker Rajaram, went to a bank in K S Rao Road here to deposit Rs 20,000 into his account. He took only the required amount into the bank and left the rest of the money, that is Rs 3,80,000, in the vehicle.
Rajaram who was waiting outside the bank for sometime went in after Kumarswamy called him.
To their utter shock, on returning, they found the glove compartment of the vehicle wide open and the cash missing. They lodged a complaint in Bunder police station, where a case has been registered.
In his complaint, Kumarswamy stated that he had locked the compartment and found that it had been broken and forced open later.
It is indeed shocking that anyone could get away with such a huge amount in a matter of minutes, in broad daylight in the heart of the city. Investigations are on.