Quake sensing machine stolen
Rajkot: An earthquake sensing instrument, valued at Rs 11,000, was stolen from the earthquake research facility near Ishwariya Park along Jamnagar Road in Rajkot. A police complaint was filed stating that the instrument was stolen between March 4 and May 5.
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This machine, called a strong motion accelerograph, was a model from 2007.
The police complaint was filed by Bihari Darji, a technical assistant employed at Arm Management Service, which holds a contract with the Institute of Seismological Research based in Raisan, Gandhinagar, to maintain and install new instruments. The equipment was the property of the institute.
According to Darji's statement to police, he and his colleagues visited the earthquake research centre at Ishwariya Park, Rajkot, on March 4 to set up new equipment. They stored the old equipment at the facility with a guard present on the premises. When Darji returned with his senior officer, Dilipsinh Kushwaha, on May 5 for routine data collection and inspection, they discovered one of the old devices was missing.
On questioning, the security guard claimed to have no information about the missing instrument. He believed that this old instrument was stolen and filed a police complaint.
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