Man breaks into shop in Konaje, steals things worth Rs 40k; CCTV camera records crime
Konaje: An incident of theft at a shop situated at the Toudugoli Junction in Naringana here came to light with the CCTV camera capturing the scene on Friday night.
The footage shows a well-built man entering the shop, owned by one Vasantha Toudugoli, at around 2:30 am using a rod to break the locks of the shop. The man is seen struggling for about half an hour to open the lock on the wooden door of the room where the cash counter was located.
The thief is reported to have stolen things worth approximately Rs 40,000, including cash worth 10,000, several items like cigarette and gutkha packets, tea powder and food items worth Rs 15,000 as well as the WiFi system, apparently mistaking it to be a CCTV camera hard disk.
The footage also shows the man taking off his T-shirt on entering the shop and using it to hide his face while approaching the cash counter. The man had allegedly parked his car about 50 metres away before walking down to the shop and breaking into it.
The locals are reported to have identified the suspect as a person who had purchased goods from the shop a month ago and had visited a nearby hotel for tea.
Also, the owner used to sleep in the shop at night but had been sleeping at home in recent days due to ill-health.
Konaje Police have registered a case and are probing the incident.
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ED raids Kolkata Police deputy commissioner, businessman in PMLA probe
Kolkata (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday conducted raids at the premises of Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas and a local businessman as part of a money laundering probe against an alleged criminal and his linked syndicate in the poll-bound state, officials said.
Two premises of Biswas, including his residence in Ballygunge area and one location of the businessman named Joy Kamdar, Managing Director of a company named Sun Enterprise, have been raided under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Kamdar has been taken by the officials to the local ED office for questioning. Biswas, chief coordinator and nodal officer of the West Bengal and Kolkata Police welfare committee, was not present at his premises, they said.
The action is linked to a money laundering case against an alleged local criminal named Biswajit Podder alias Sona Pappu, who is booked in multiple cases on charges of attempted murder and extortion.
The federal probe agency had conducted the first round of searches in this case on April 1.
The ED had then seized cash of Rs 1.47 crore apart from gold jewellery and silver valued at Rs 67.64 lakh and a country-made revolver from some premises that were searched.
The probe stems from a Kolkata Police FIR against against Podder for his alleged involvement in rioting, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy and Arms Act violations. The accused, including Podder, were engaged in organised criminal syndicate activities in the state of West Bengal and generated funds illegally by way of syndicate operations, the ED said in a statement on April 9.
Podder is also wanted by the police in a case of violence in Kankulia road near Golpark of Kolkata and is currently on the run.
The ED has issued summons to Podder but he has failed to join the investigation so far, according to the agency.
West Bengal will have a two phase poll on April 23 and April 29.
