Residency Street is without doubt one of the major streets within the Srinagar enterprise district and is being developed as a part of the Sensible Metropolis challenge.
In keeping with the grievance, Irfan, in his 40s, was desperately on the lookout for a option to fund his habit as he went out on a drive from his house in Zewan space on the outskirts of Srinagar, in an auto rickshaw, on the night time of July 30. When he reached close to the State Financial institution of India on Residency Street, round 10 km from his house, he noticed the simplest issues to steal – iron lids of the manholes on the sewer traces passing by way of the street. Looking for to avert the gaze of the CCTV cameras put in throughout the street, he patiently executed the job.
“He stole 18 lids from the road and drove again. He then bought them to a scrap seller, Farooq, close to his house within the Zewan space. Initially, Farooq gave him ₹1,500 however then took ₹600 again, and thus he managed to get ₹900,” stated a police official.
Subsequent morning, municipal employees observed open manholes and knowledgeable the officers involved, following which a police grievance was filed. The police scanned the CCTV footage of the realm, bought the small print of the auto-rickshaw and traced Irfan.
“He claimed that he was beneath the affect of tablets when he executed the job and that he wasn't conscious of the precise sequence of occasions of that night time. He requested us to higher cross-check his variations with technical and CCTV footage,” stated one other senior official. Irfan advised police that he had dedicated the theft as he was anxious to fund his habit the following day. The police filed a case beneath sections 317 and 238 of BNS and the process to file the chargesheet is in progress. Earlier, six lids of manholes have been allegedly stolen from the identical avenue however no one filed a grievance relating to the incident.
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