Bhopal:
Impressed by Hrithik Roshan’s character in Bollywood movie ‘Dhoom 2’, a person in Bhopal allegedly tried to steal gold price Rs 15 crore from a museum. However in a weird twist, the thief was found unconscious contained in the State Museum in Bhopal, with priceless artifacts like historical gold cash and jewellery mendacity beside him.
Vinod Yadav, believed to be an expert thief, had entered the museum with a ticket on Sunday night and managed to cover inside till the museum closed.
The museum remained closed on Monday, throughout which police consider Yadav broke into the 2 gallery rooms and stole the artifacts. When the museum reopened at 10.30 am on Tuesday, the workers found shattered glass and several other precious gadgets lacking.
Safety personnel instantly started to go looking of the premises. In the course of the search, they discovered Vinod Yadav mendacity unconscious within the hallway, close to a big bag full of stolen artifacts. The bag contained gold cash from the Gupta interval, together with different gadgets from the British and Nawab eras, together with jewellery and utensils.
Investigations recommend that Yadav could have fallen from a peak of over 23 toes whereas making an attempt to flee, leading to an damage to his leg.
“The accused appears to have tried to leap over the wall, however failed, resulting in his damage,” mentioned Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Riyaz Iqbal.
He mentioned over 50 fingerprints have been collected from the museum. Police are exploring the potential for an confederate outdoors the museum.
Among the many recovered gadgets are gold cash weighing between 50 to 100 grams every, estimated to be price Rs 8 to 10 crore. DCP Iqbal mentioned that the whole worth of the recovered items may very well be round Rs 15 crore, emphasising that this stuff have been taken from simply two rooms within the museum. “Your entire museum homes artifacts price greater than Rs 50 crore,” he mentioned.
The incident has raised critical issues in regards to the safety preparations on the State Museum together with the shortage of an alarm system and the truth that most of the CCTV cameras have been non-functional. Moreover, the museum’s doorways, manufactured from aluminum, have been discovered to be weak, and components of the roof have been lined with simply breakable plastic sheets.
Regardless of these shortcomings, the alertness of the safety guards performed an important position in stopping the theft. The accused reportedly confessed that he had tried to flee a number of occasions however was compelled to retreat as a result of fixed patrolling by the guards.
A police workforce has been dispatched to Yadav’s dwelling in Bihar’s Gaya to additional examine his background and attainable connections.
