Delhi: Lajpat Nagar electronics shop hit by Rs 32.5 lakh robbery
Gunjan Narula, the owner, alleged that Rs 32.5 lakh in cash was stolen in her complaint to the police on Monday.
The store, near Lajpat Nagar's Central Market, sold TVs, AC units, and refrigerators. 'I noticed that all my cash drawers at the cash counters were open. There was a big vault… which was also missing… apart from this, I have a cabin in the basement and the cabin cash counter was also broken and all the cash from it was taken,' wrote Narula in the complaint.
According to the police, two men on scooters wearing helmets broke into the store on Sunday night, looted the money, and fled. According to the complainant, the cash counters contained around Rs 2.5 lakh while the vault contained Rs 30 lakh.
'What has been the most difficult in this investigation is the fact that the owner would switch off the CCTVs in the store after closing it,' said a police officer, privy to the investigation.
'However, our team managed to track the culprits to a great extent using the network of CCTVs from nearby stores and areas,' the officer added.
'By the looks of it, the robbers knew where the money had been stored,' said the officer.
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