Thief disables CCTVs, robs liquor shop
The thief broke the shutter locks to enter the premises sometime during the night between Sunday and Monday.
The shopowner, Rajendra Londhe (55), lodged a complaint with the police.
Before taking the cash and liquor bottles, the thief switched off the CCTV cameras inside the shop.
Senior inspector Ashwini Satpute of the Bibvewadi police said, "The CCTV footage of a nearby establishment shows only one man entering the shop after breaking open the locks. But we suspect the involvement of two or three people in the theft."
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She said, "After entering the shop, the thief switched off the CCTV cameras and picked up costly foreign liquor bottles worth Rs69,000.
He then broke open the electronic safe, which the shopkeeper kept beneath the counter, and stole the cash."
Satpute said, "The theft came to light on Monday morning, after the shopkeeper reached the shop for the day's business. We are studying the CCTV footage of the adjacent establishments to ascertain the direction in which the suspect walked away."
She said, "We have contacted all the used bottle scrap dealers and have told them to watch for a person selling empty bottles of foreign liquor brands."
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