Uniformed man steals Rs 1.50L from fuel station employee
The incident took place on Thursday night in Lona Sonbarsa village in Jhangha police station area.
A fuel station employee alleged that a turbaned ma, in a police uniform, stole Rs 1.50 lakh from his rucksack bag, when the latter was given a lift at Madhya Marg.
Police have started the investigation after registering a DDR at PS 26.
The police was also provided the footage of the suspect recorded in a CCTV camera installed at Grain Market, Sector 26.
In the footage, the suspected turbaned man in the police uniform was spotted escaping on another motorcycle.
The fuel station employee, Akash Kumar, reported to the police that the incident took place in the evening of Monday. Akash Kumar works at a fuel station in Sector 34.
The owner of the fuel station, Ranjan Singh, is a resident of Sector 7 in Panchkula.
Akash Kumar reported to police that he used to hand over the cash at the house of fuel station owner in Sector 7.
On Monday, he was going to Sector 7 on his motorcycle with the cash in his rucksack bag. Near the Sector 7 roundabout, a man in a police uniform signaled him to stop.
Sources said Akash claimed that he stopped the motorcycle under the impression that the uniform man wanted to check his documents.
Akash reported that the uniformed man asked for the lift. Akash further reported that he dropped the uniformed man at Grain Market-26 roundabout. And when he reached the house of his employer, Ranjan Singh, in Sector 7, the money was missing from the bag.
A police officer said, “We are in the process to identify the suspect. We have circulated the footage of the suspect to different wings. Investigation is on. The uniformed man signaled the motorcyclist Akash Kumar to stop at the dividing road of Sector 26/27. And the uniformed man was dropped near Grain Market.”
Customers should be informed about additional cost of carry bag before making selection of goods, not at the payment counter: Consumer Commission
Kumar had challenged the additional cost Rs. 3 which was charged by More Megastore in Hyderabad for paper carry bag after he had purchased a product from them.
It was contended by the Kumar that the logo of the supermarket was embedded on the bag and he was being used “as their advertisement agent”.
The counsel for the super market submitted that there is no law which states that carry bags have to be supplied without any costs to the consumers. It was also submitted that “the sale of plastic carry bags is not a forcible sale rather it is an option for the complainant.”
MLA Pradeep Panigrahi gets bail in Crime Branch case
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today granted conditional bail to Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi in the case registered against him by the State Crime Branch.
Panigrahi was granted bail with the condition of furnishing bail bonds of Rs 5 lakh each with two sureties and Rs 24 lakh cash security.
However, the legislator will not be released from Jharpada Jail in Bhubaneswar as another case filed against him by the State Vigilance pertaining to corruption charges is pending.
Odisha Crime Branch had arrested the MLA on December 3, last year in connection with a case registered with the Cyber police station. He was arrested under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 469, 471, 120-B of the IPC and Section 66C/66D of IT Act.
Evidence came to light that Panigrahi collected money from people on behalf of Akash Pathak, son of suspended IFS officer Abhay Pathak, on the false promise of providing jobs in Tata company. This case relates to impersonation, cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and other cyber offences by Akash Kumar Pathak, the Crime Branch had earlier said.