Nilagiri: Unidentified miscreants broke open two shops, including a jewelry outlet, and looted valuables and ornaments in Sajanagarh Bazar in Nilagiri Thursday night.
As per sources, the incident is said to have been recorded in the CCTV camera of the ATM adjacent to the two shops - Biswakarma Jewelry and Sriram Variety store.
However, the amount of valuables, including the gold and silver ornaments looted, is yet to be estimated.
Meanwhile the locals alleged that it is the negligence of police that is leading to such cases as patrolling is never tight in the area. This is the reason why the miscreants got sufficient time to loot the shops.
Nilagiri IIC Ramesh Chandra Singh said, “Seeing ‘violation mark’ on the shutter of Biswakarma Jewelry in Sajanagarh Market, the owners called us up this morning. We rushed to the spot and started investigating into the incident. The miscreants have broken the shutter and the owners say, apart from jewellery looted, the iron chest has also been emptied, though the amount of ornaments looted has not been estimated yet."
Asked about negligence in police patrolling, Singh said, "Police patrolling has always been tight in the area. We will depute more staff for patrolling. Just within a matter of one and half hours, the shops were looted."