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Chandigarh man held for stealing gym equipment
The crime branch of Chandigarh Police on Wednesday arrested a 25-year-old man for stealing weight plates and other gym equipment from a vacant plot in Industrial Area, Phase 2
The crime branch of Chandigarh Police on Wednesday arrested a 25-year-old man for stealing weight plates and other gym equipment from a vacant plot in Industrial Area, Phase 2.
The accused has been identified as Virender Kumar alias Bona (25) of Manimajra.
The FIR was lodged based on the statement of the owner of the plot, Jogindra Yadav of Deep Complex, Manimajra. He said the theft had taken place on the intervening night of September 4 and 5.
Police said Virender was arrested from a checkpost in Industrial Area, Phase 2, while he was going to sell the gym plates to a scrap dealer in an auto. Fifty-three of the stolen gym plates were recovered from him,
Police officials said that they will present the accused in court on Thursday and ask that he be sent to judicial custody.
A theft case has been registered against him.
Two thefts reported
Meanwhile, one Sandeep Soni of New Darshani Bagh, Manimajra, alleged that his laptop, headphones and a copy of his Aadhar card were stolen from his house between September 3 and September 4.
Also, one Nanhey of Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26, said that an unidentified person stole two mobile phones from his house on September 4.
Theft cases have been registered for both these incidents.
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