Thieves strike Punjab govt office; take away 23 submersible pumps, other electrical goods
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
It seems, the government offices are soft targets for thieves in these days. This time thieves struck at Secretary Market Committee, Nabha in Patiala district. The thieves decamped with 23 submersible pumps with wires, 3 starters, 1 delivery, 42 kg black wire from the office of the secretary market committee.
On the complaint of secretary market committee, Nabha police has registered a FIR against the unknown person under section 457 (Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence), 380 (Theft in dwelling house, etc) IPC at Kotwali police station.
When contacted the secretary market committee Nabha, Gurdeep Singh, he added that these submersible pumps were used in different Mandi’s during procurement season. After the procurement season, we kept them in the office.
June 30,2022
