KANPUR: Miscreants made away with a vault weighing two-and-a-half quintals from the cash room of the Kanpur’s Allen Forest zoo late Thursday night time.
Rs 6 lakh had been stored within the vault. When the officers reached the cash room on Friday morning, they discovered it to be locked from exterior, however the protected was missing. The police have initiated investigations and had been questioning workers on the premise of inputs by senior zoo authorities after registering a grievance in opposition to nameless individuals.
The zoo-authorities advised the police that the income generated from the guests was stored in a vault within the cash room within the administrative constructing situated within the premises itself. “When extra cash is generated, it’s deposited within the zoo’s treasury. The earnings made in about one week had been stashed within the vault and stored contained in the protected, the lock of which was closed from exterior. When the officers reached the room on Friday morning, the protected, about 2.5 quintals in weight, was missing,” they stated.
If zoo sources are to be believed, the needle of suspicion is revolving round 4 workers, together with the cash-in-charge, who’ve the important thing to the vault.
When the Nawabganj police initiated investigations, they discovered the CCTV cameras had been put in within the administrative constructing, however the crooks had switched them off earlier than escaping with the vault.
DCP Central Ravindra Kumar claimed an early breakthrough into the case. It’s suspected that there will need to have been 4 to 5 individuals concerned in lifting the heavy vault.
As per senior zoo officers, until a couple of yr in the past, a couple of dozen PRD jawans had been assigned obligation for the safety of the zoo. Later, the variety of PRD jawans was decreased to a few.
Even on the day of the incident, three PRD jawans had been deployed exterior the principle gate. Kumar advised the media {that a} grievance in regards to the theft was given by the deputy ranger of Kanpur Zoological Park on the police station Nawabganj.
“He apprised us that Rs 6 lakh stored at his place on January 26 was generated by way of sale of tickets. On the data, the Nawabganj police went to the spot and questioned the individuals, notably those that had been on night time obligation. Some leads have been discovered throughout investigation and we count on an early breakthrough within the case,” Kumar stated, including that the police had been combing the forest cowl of the zoo.
Rs 6 lakh had been stored within the vault. When the officers reached the cash room on Friday morning, they discovered it to be locked from exterior, however the protected was missing. The police have initiated investigations and had been questioning workers on the premise of inputs by senior zoo authorities after registering a grievance in opposition to nameless individuals.
The zoo-authorities advised the police that the income generated from the guests was stored in a vault within the cash room within the administrative constructing situated within the premises itself. “When extra cash is generated, it’s deposited within the zoo’s treasury. The earnings made in about one week had been stashed within the vault and stored contained in the protected, the lock of which was closed from exterior. When the officers reached the room on Friday morning, the protected, about 2.5 quintals in weight, was missing,” they stated.
If zoo sources are to be believed, the needle of suspicion is revolving round 4 workers, together with the cash-in-charge, who’ve the important thing to the vault.
When the Nawabganj police initiated investigations, they discovered the CCTV cameras had been put in within the administrative constructing, however the crooks had switched them off earlier than escaping with the vault.
DCP Central Ravindra Kumar claimed an early breakthrough into the case. It’s suspected that there will need to have been 4 to 5 individuals concerned in lifting the heavy vault.
As per senior zoo officers, until a couple of yr in the past, a couple of dozen PRD jawans had been assigned obligation for the safety of the zoo. Later, the variety of PRD jawans was decreased to a few.
Even on the day of the incident, three PRD jawans had been deployed exterior the principle gate. Kumar advised the media {that a} grievance in regards to the theft was given by the deputy ranger of Kanpur Zoological Park on the police station Nawabganj.
“He apprised us that Rs 6 lakh stored at his place on January 26 was generated by way of sale of tickets. On the data, the Nawabganj police went to the spot and questioned the individuals, notably those that had been on night time obligation. Some leads have been discovered throughout investigation and we count on an early breakthrough within the case,” Kumar stated, including that the police had been combing the forest cowl of the zoo.