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Tamil Nadu
On the prowl at night Law & order
Rolling shutters of mobile showrooms are opened with ease by burglars, says S. Sundar
The police have made a major breakthrough in a series of burglaries at mobile shops across the State. And the accused are young men from Bihar, who used indigenous techniques to open the rolling shutters without much difficulty.
Interrogation of few youths arrested in Tuticorin and Coimbatore revealed that at least two scores of men have landed in the State to lay hands only on costly handsets at showrooms in many cities and towns, including Madurai.
“They do not try to break open locks on iron shutters; they just lift it to make enough space for one or two persons to squeeze through into the shop,” a police source said.
The men, who operate in groups of five to ten men, camouflage themselves as tourists with the baggage they carry.
After thoroughly inspecting the shops in the daytime, they strike in the small hours. Interestingly, they have used small crowbars to shove up shutters. In some cases, they made use of small jockeys placed under hard steel plates to lift them. “The highly flexible rolling shutters do not break but just bend. Since many of these boys have slim physique, they found it easy to gain entry without having to break the locks,” the source added.
While others wait outside, the intruders, with the help of torch lights, select costlier handsets. They open the boxes and take only the handsets. “Only in the case of modern gadgets, they take the chargers also. Once they collect enough booty, they signal to their accomplices, sometimes make calls on their mobiles. The same procedure is followed to bring them out. In similar operations, they have looted mobile phones to the tune of several lakhs of rupees in Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Karaikudi and Dindigul in the region.
The stolen articles are immediately taken to Bihar for safe disposal. Though the accused claimed to have sold them at throw away prices, the police suspect that there could be some strong network to make quick money. Only further investigation will bring out whether the buyers had any technology to circumvent the mobile tracker facility available in the latest gadgets.
Besides the involvement of north Indians, the investigation has proved that ubiquitous rolling shutters are never safe.
The traders should either go in for effective burglary alarms or post security personnel to safeguard their expensive goods.
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