A case of attempted theft has been registered at the Dhan Mandi Police Station.

In the incident that occurred at 6:45pm yesterday, a stranger entered a shop at Ashwini Bazaar and attempted to open the drawer multiple times, while the owner was away to use the toilet.

When the owner, Nilesh Jain, entered his shop, Maharaja Dresses, the stranger fled away, after failing to open the cash drawer by force as well as with the help of a key lying on the table. The entire incident has been captured in the CCTV footage.

The installers of the CCTV, M/s Soham Infomedia were called by Nilesh and they extracted the complete footage, in which the thief is clearly seen trying to open the drawer.

As the case has been registered, the Police will be using the CCTV footage to catch the culprit.