Thieves targeted two shops at Bapu Bazaar on Friday night. Thieves made away with cash and branded clothing from the stores. The two targeted shops were Kundana Automobile and clothing store Sanskriti.

The thieves first broke the CCTV cameras in the shop and then made away with the digital video recorded to wipe out any video proof of their presence.

Thieves entered the shop through the terrace route. They broke portion of the door and portion of a wall to get inside the shops.

Rajesh Agarwal, owner of Kundana automobile said that the thieves first entered the clothing store Sanskriti. After stealing cash and branded clothing from there, thieves entered his store after breaking portion of wall and the door. They made away with Rs 20000 placed in the drawer of the automobile store. The thieves also stole a laptop from the automobile store. However, when they tried to switch it on and found it to be non-functional, they left it on the terrace and fled away.

Notable, theft was also reported on Friday evening from Mahendra Damor, staying opposite Paras Mahal. Damor had gone for a marriage ceremony 2 day back to Kherwada. On his return, he found that thieves had entered from the space created after removing the exhaust fan. Thieves made away with silver jewelry and some clothes.