Ahmedabad: An unidentified thief allegedly stole 47 laptops worth around Rs 15 lakh from a chip-design company’s office in Vastrapur after walking in through an unlocked door and switching off the CCTV system, according to a complaint filed with Vastrapur police on Wednesday.
The complainant, a 35-year-old businessman, said his company employed about 55 people and that the building’s security guard and housekeeping staff routinely handled its office keys. CCTV footage showed an unidentified man entering the office around 9.25pm on Oct 13. At around 12.30am on Wednesday, he entered the work area and noticed that the laptops kept on the desks were missing. The company estimated the total value of the 47 stolen laptops at around Rs 15 lakh.
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He told the businessman that he had collected the keys from the security guard, locked the office and returned the keys that night. The theft took place at an office on the second floor of The First building in Keshavbaug. Employees left the office around 9pm, but the entrance door was inadvertently left unlocked. The complaint stated that he allegedly went into the server room and switched off the CCTV system. The housekeeping worker usually locked the office after 10pm. The theft came to light shortly after midnight, when an employee returned to the office to change out of his garba clothes. He alerted the company’s management. The businessman arrived at the office and reviewed the CCTV footage, which showed the man entering through the open door and disabling the surveillance system. The stolen property includes laptops of various specifications, along with an LED monitor. The list includes workstation laptops used for technical work and other employee systems. The businessman later approached Vastrapur police with the company’s accounts manager and filed a complaint against the unidentified accused. Download the TOI App.
The footage showed the theft occurred before the housekeeping worker arrived to lock the premises. The company had organised a garba event at a party plot on Tuesday evening, according to the complaint.