Thieves give Tata Nagar residents shoe bites

By Iffath Fathima

CCTV cameras have captured a gang of Three-Four individuals stealing about 20 pairs of pricy footwear from quite a lot of properties past middle of the night

First they got here for the vehicle tyres. Now, they have got come for the footwear. Residents of Vidyaranyapura are having sleepless nights considering what the thieves will go for next in this area.

Just per week after tyres have been stolen from a number of automobiles in one area, any other locality close to Vidyaranyapura, Tata Nagar, about 20 pairs of shoes have been stolen from seven properties past middle of the night on Sunday.

North Bengaluru has transform a haven for petty thieves, complain the residents while stating that even after taking all security measures like putting in CCTV cameras, locking gates and protecting canine within the compounds, the thieves set up to thieve what they target.

Manager of a business firm, Pawan Kumar, a resident of Tata Nagar, mentioned, “I keep all my footwear within the small passage outdoor the main door. When I woke up at 5.30 am on Monday, I saw six pairs of my branded formal footwear have been missing. I checked in and around the home however may just now not to find it. One of those pairs was once unused and still within the field. That too was once missing. But they left at the back of the field.”

“I have a CCTV digital camera at home. In it, I saw that the footwear have been stolen at 1.00 am by means of a gang of 4 males. I may just spot three, the fourth particular person was once hiding at the back of a wall, however I may just see his shadow within the pictures. The different three got here in during the gate and one of them was once protecting a lookout, while two put the best footwear in their luggage.”

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Another resident of Tata Nagar, MS Lakshmi, mentioned her 4 pairs of sports footwear belonging to her son have long past missing from outdoor their space. “We keep our footwear in a shoe shelf outdoor the door. Getting inside our gate is very tough because the gate is top and we even have top walls,” she mentioned.

In the CCTV pictures, it can be observed that the thieves jumped over from the neighbour space because the walls are close. Two males got here at 1.10 am and took all of the branded footwear and left. They didn't bother with the slippers or used previous sandals. At 1.45 am another person additionally got here and checked, he needed to depart empty handed because the footwear have been already long past.

“This imply, we have to bring to mind our safety. We have an open area outdoor the main door, which we will put grills over. Though it will wreck the look of the home, safety issues more,” she mentioned. Lakshmi mentioned that the night patrol by means of police within the Hoysala isn't proving to be of any lend a hand because the thieves, most commonly young males, come after the night rounds. KU Mahesh, bank executive and a resident of Tata Nagar, identified that the locality is a quiet residential area. A majority of the residents are techies and they sleep early, so it is an easy pick out for the thieves, he mentioned. “Four pairs of branded footwear have been stolen from my space. There should be an end to this as we've been dealing with a lot of thefts.”

When informed in regards to the housebreaking, the Kodigehalli police inspector mentioned, “We will toughen safety at night and in addition double up on the night patrol.”