Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (DV)
Puttur, Sep 16: A gang of thieves broke into a footwear shop and decamped with Rs 14,74,500 cash and a CCTV DVR worth from a footwear shop in Kasaba village of Puttur.
The theft was reported at 'Prakash Footwear Co' located near Puttur bus stand. The shop belongs to Mohammed Shamir.
He also owns a shop that sells second-hand cars.
In the complaint, it is said that the owner had kept Rs 8 lac from the car business and Rs 7,00,000 taken from his friend Siddik in a wooden box behind the cash drawer of his footwear shop.
Tajuddin who looked after the shop had informed the complainant about the theft at around 9 AM in the morning.
When the complainant arrived at the shop in Puttur, he noticed that someone had indeed entered the shop by removing roof tiles and breaking the ceiling. They have also stolen Rs 24,500 from the shop cash drawer and Rs 14,50,000 from a wooden box from behind the cash drawer of the shop. They have stolen CCTV Digital Video Recorder (DVR) worth Rs 10, 000 from the shop. The theft might have taken place between 9 PM of September 15 to 9 AM on September 16, police said.
Puttur Town Police have registered a case under 454, 457, and 380 of IPC.