Pune: Unidentified persons stole laptops, cellphone and cash collectively worth Rs2.60 lakh from the participants and visitors on the last day of India’s largest agriculture exhibition ‘Kisan’, which was helt at the International Exhibition Centre in Moshi between March 23 and March 27.
Sunday witnessed a large number of visitors at the expo. The thieves stole the smartphones of the visitors, while they were busy checking the products at different stalls.
While participants were targeted in the evening, as they were busy winding up their stalls, being the last day of the exhibition.
Shivit Vohra (31), vice-president of a Punjab-based tractors manufacturing company, lost his laptop and other electronic gadgets collectively worth Rs85,000.
An officer from the Bhosari MIDC police said on Sunday around 6pm, when he was closing the stall, he had kept the laptop bag on a chair. “A person picked up the bag and merged in the crowd,” said the officer.
Rahul Dahad (33) of Nashik had a drip irrigation stall at the exhibition.
“After the exhibition, he was putting his material in his car’s boot near his stall and had kept his laptop bag on the front seat. An unidentified person stole the bag containing a laptop worth Rs30,000,” the officer said.
Kishor Rane (46), a farmer from Jalgaon had come to the exhibition on the last day. Unknown pickpockets stole his smartphone worth Rs80,0000.
“We have also received one more complaint of theft of a smartphone worth Rs10,000,” investigating officer S L Hake told TOI.
He said the organisers had deployed security at the venue along with the CCTV cameras. “Being the last day of the exhibition, a large number of people visited the exhibition. The thieves had taken advantage of the crowd. We are working on some clues,” Hake said.
Sunday witnessed a large number of visitors at the expo. The thieves stole the smartphones of the visitors, while they were busy checking the products at different stalls.
While participants were targeted in the evening, as they were busy winding up their stalls, being the last day of the exhibition.
Shivit Vohra (31), vice-president of a Punjab-based tractors manufacturing company, lost his laptop and other electronic gadgets collectively worth Rs85,000.
An officer from the Bhosari MIDC police said on Sunday around 6pm, when he was closing the stall, he had kept the laptop bag on a chair. “A person picked up the bag and merged in the crowd,” said the officer.
Rahul Dahad (33) of Nashik had a drip irrigation stall at the exhibition.
“After the exhibition, he was putting his material in his car’s boot near his stall and had kept his laptop bag on the front seat. An unidentified person stole the bag containing a laptop worth Rs30,000,” the officer said.
Kishor Rane (46), a farmer from Jalgaon had come to the exhibition on the last day. Unknown pickpockets stole his smartphone worth Rs80,0000.
“We have also received one more complaint of theft of a smartphone worth Rs10,000,” investigating officer S L Hake told TOI.
He said the organisers had deployed security at the venue along with the CCTV cameras. “Being the last day of the exhibition, a large number of people visited the exhibition. The thieves had taken advantage of the crowd. We are working on some clues,” Hake said.
