Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Mar 13: In two separate incidents, thieves stole laptops placed inside the parked cars by breaking the rear window glasses in the city. Both the incidents happened on the evening of Thursday March 11. The fact that both these acts were executed in busy road without arousing any suspicion has worried the people in general.
A laptop was stolen from a car that was parked by the roadside on Udupi - Manipal road near Raj Towers next to the city bus stand here. The laptop stolen has been valued at about Rs 25,000. The glass window of the Maruti Swift was shattered by the thieves to commit this theft. Raksha U (26) from Koragrapady lost her laptop in this incident. She reported loss of about Rs 29,000 including cost of window glass that was broken.
In the other case, the glass of a car parked on the opposite side of Brindavan Circle near the Glass House was broken and laptop worth about Rs 70,000 was stolen. Dr Naman Agarwal lost his laptop in this incident. Dr Naman had parked the car and left for some time to attend to his work. By the time he returned, his window glass was broken and a laptop and Rs 20,000 in cash were stolen. He said that loss suffered by him is about Rs 90,000.