Timely tip off by the management of a car showroom in Pune to the Goa police force, led to recovery of a new Mercedes E350 CDI car, worth Rs 60 lakh, just a day after it was stolen from the showroom.
According to the information provided by the Panaji town police inspector, Mr Sandesh Chodankar, the four-month-old car, bearing registration number MH-12 FP-8691, was sent for repairs by its owner, Mr Thyagarajan Chandrashekaran of Pune at B U Bhandari Motors Pvt Ltd, Pune after noticing oil leakage.
The car was repaired on September 2 and its owner was informed by the management to take delivery at 10.30 a.m. to collect the vehicle. However, when the driver owner went to collect the car at 4.30 p.m. it was found missing from the precinct of the showroom, following which a complaint was lodged with Pune police, soon thereafter.
The police official further informed that the management of the showroom suspected that vehicle might have been taken away in the afternoon when the gate was opened to let three cars in, which had come for servicing/repairs. The enquiries by showroom management revealed that the gate pass was not surrendered.
By sheer presence of mind, the management of the showroom after lodging complaint with the Pune police also alerted the police in Goa and accordingly a watch was kept. The police were informed that the car was parked behind the old secretariat late on Friday evening and accordingly the police kept the vigil whole night to see if any one came to collect it, said Mr Chodankar.
After keeping watch for whole of last night the police attached the car on Saturday morning and informed the complainant, the management of the showroom. The car was handed over on Saturday evening to the management of the Pune based showroom, after receipt of a formal request by the Pune police. The accused had removed the front number plate of the car apparently to mislead the police and general public.
Meanwhile, the city police have sought the CCTV footage from the Pune showroom to probe if any person from Goa or frequenting the state was involved in the
Well done Goa Police! Goenkars will be proud of you if you succeed in restoring Goa's lost glory that of a land of peace, harmony & security! Continue your good work!
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Our Guaa police are very good at one thing - waiting to hear from someone for information and secondly taking pictures with the culprits as though they have investigated the case. Here they have the tip from the Pune Merc showroom. Possibly the pictures will appear the following day.
ReplyDeleteGoa has been a hideout for many criminals in the last decade. There has been an increase in the number of thefts too and this could be assumed to the nature of security in Goa. However, to add to the menace, the name of Goa Police is badly tarnished to the advantage of the criminals who must be claiming that GP are inefficient, ineffective and corrupt. GP has to work harder to get back the lost image.
ReplyDeleteWow! Wow!! Wow!!! Clap! Clap!! Clap!!! Ravi Naik's professional Goa Police are professionals in solving petty crimes like this one. What about the drug nexus, the murderers that are still at large, enjoying themselves and waiting for the news to die down before they commit the next murder? If there was Rs. 60 lakhs worth of reward on these killers' head, all our police force would run halter skelter to dig them out from wherever they were hiding. But the Goa Police know very well that they are not hiding. They are just roaming freely maybe even with some police officers.
ReplyDeleteGoa has become an International Criminals Heaven. Even if the Law Enforcers present these Criminals in court the judges seem to either dismiss the cases or release them on bail. The Goan law needs a major change introducing harsher punishments to safeguard Goans.
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