Gang diverts driver's attention by dumping currency notes under the wheel of his car, steals laptop bag kept in backseat
Gang diverts driver's attention by dumping currency notes under the wheel of his car, steals laptop bag kept in backseatu00a0u00a0
Incidents of attention diversion followed by theft are on the rise in the city despite attempts by the police to curb the menace. The latest such incident came to the notice of the cops on Sunday when Jitendranath, the personal assistant to the State Human Rights Commission, lodged a complaint of theft with the Ashok Nagar police. Jitendranath lost his laptop bag to diversion theft on June 17.
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| Who's doing it? Tamil Nadu-based gang operating in and around the city's busy commercial areas is behind the thefts. Representational pic |
Another such incident occurred in October when Captain Vijendra who was visiting Indian Overseas Bank on Residency road lost his laptop after the thieves manage to divert his driver's attention.
Jitendranath states in his complaint that was busy withdrawing money from the State Bank of India ATM on Residency Road while the driver waited in the car outside. Jitendranath returned a few minutes later to find his bag missing.
The driver informed him that some unidentified men had diverted his attention by dumping some currency notes under the car. While the driver's attention was diverted, some members of the gang made away with the laptop bag kept at the back of his car.
According to the police, a Tamil Nadu-based gang operating in and around the city's busy commercial areas is behind the thefts.u00a0 Efforts are on to nab the gang that strikes in different neighbourhoods and constantly changes its area of operations to evade intensive police intensify patrolling that follows their strikes.
Inspector Radha Krishna of the Ashok Nagar police said a case of theft has been registered. "We are investigating the case," said Krishna.
Despite repeated attempts Jitendranath remained unavailable for comment.
10, number of diversion theft cases lodged at the Ashok Nagar police station this year
