Burglars entered the store from its AC plant. They made their way to the electronics section after breaking the grill of a bathroom window on the first floor. In all, they fled with more than 75 cellphones and two laptops. Strangely, they stole 22 cameras, including those used specially for video recording, but later dumped them at a farmhouse near Big Bazaar. Cops recovered these cameras on Sunday night.
“The store shuts down between 10 pm and 11 pm every day. After that a stock audit and counting of cash takes place. These processes last till 2.30 am. Thieves must have broke into the store after that,” the manager of Big Bazaar, Vishal Parmar, said.
Four security guards — Naresh Rajput, Ram Rajput, Bhagwat Rajput and Raju Mackwan — were on duty when burglars struck. Incidentally, a new private security firm was hired by Big Bazaar only a few weeks ago. A police officer, who didn’t want to be named, said that the robbery appeared to be an insider’s job. “It’s not easy to sneak into a store with CCTV cameras and security personnel. The theft appears to be a work of an insider,” the officer said.
Meanwhile, cops have pulled up the store for not installing a CCTV camera at its main entrance. According to a notification issued by the police commissioner, every mall and major store should install a CCTV camera at key entry and exit points. The notification also says that malls should store surveillance footage.
“A warning will be issued to Big Bazaar to install a CCTV camera at its main gate within a week. If it fails to do so, action will be taken against it,” JCP (sector 1) Satish Sharma said.
Special squads to keep night vigil
Following the theft at Big Bazaar, JCP (sector 1) Satish Sharma on Sunday called an emergency meeting of officers of Satellite, Sola and Vastrapur police stations. A decision of forming special night squads was taken at the meeting. “Sixty police personnel, divided in three teams of 20, will patrol western parts of the city at night,” he said.
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