<p> A complaint of missing electronic goods would normally not evoke curiosity among the police, but this one has left them baffled, to say the least. <br /><br />The police in Mohali, Punjab, are investigating a rare case of missing air-conditioners — a whopping 761 air conditioners to be precise — that were “decamped” by robbers from a company warehouse. No one got a wind of it.<br /><br />Investigating Officer Kulwinder Singh told DH none of the missing ACs have been recovered so far. He said top officials of the company have been summoned to record their statements. <br /><br />What has flummoxed all is the modus operandi that was put to use to execute a plan of this magnitude.<br /><br />More difficult than getting inside the warehouse would have been the plan to clandestinely transport 761 ACs to a location that could escape the eyes of the company and the police. <br /><br />Whether it eventually turns out to be a case of missing inventory of stock or a well-executed handiwork of thieves, the police have registered a case of theft against unknown persons. <br /><br />Company officials have so far not termed it a case of missing stock, sources said.<br />The incident came to light after the company decided to shift their warehouse from Ghuran village to a village in Punjab’s Morinda.<br /><br />Just as the shifting of electronic and electrical goods began, the staff realised that the area where the ACs were stored was empty. <br /><br />The security guards were questioned, but to no avail. <br /><br />Missing CCTV footage <br /><br />The CCTV cameras at the entrance and exit areas of the warehouse were non-functional. The police have sought visuals of the other cameras to assist them in the probe.</p>
<p> A complaint of missing electronic goods would normally not evoke curiosity among the police, but this one has left them baffled, to say the least. <br /><br />The police in Mohali, Punjab, are investigating a rare case of missing air-conditioners — a whopping 761 air conditioners to be precise — that were “decamped” by robbers from a company warehouse. No one got a wind of it.<br /><br />Investigating Officer Kulwinder Singh told DH none of the missing ACs have been recovered so far. He said top officials of the company have been summoned to record their statements. <br /><br />What has flummoxed all is the modus operandi that was put to use to execute a plan of this magnitude.<br /><br />More difficult than getting inside the warehouse would have been the plan to clandestinely transport 761 ACs to a location that could escape the eyes of the company and the police. <br /><br />Whether it eventually turns out to be a case of missing inventory of stock or a well-executed handiwork of thieves, the police have registered a case of theft against unknown persons. <br /><br />Company officials have so far not termed it a case of missing stock, sources said.<br />The incident came to light after the company decided to shift their warehouse from Ghuran village to a village in Punjab’s Morinda.<br /><br />Just as the shifting of electronic and electrical goods began, the staff realised that the area where the ACs were stored was empty. <br /><br />The security guards were questioned, but to no avail. <br /><br />Missing CCTV footage <br /><br />The CCTV cameras at the entrance and exit areas of the warehouse were non-functional. The police have sought visuals of the other cameras to assist them in the probe.</p>
