Theft incidents are on rise in IT market. Just a week back, a theft incident
took place at Ghaziabad based Aakriti Computers where a group of burglars fled
away with 10 laptops worth Rs 5 lakh. Now, another incident occured on October
25 where 16 laptops worth Rs 5.5 lakh were stolen from Nehru Place based RJ
Computers.
Ratan Lal Jain, Partner of RJ Computers, first noticed the incident when he
came to open the shop next morning and found the locks tampered.
"When I came to office on Sunday, I found that the locks of shutters were
tampered and inside the shop, boxes were open and laptops were missing. The
accused have taken only the laptops and its accessories." said Jain.
He further registered an FIR in the police station. Police is interrogating
with the employees of the company. About being suspicious of anybody, Jain
clarified that it is difficult to specify anybody, as the incident does not give
a clear picture of who could be involved.
"It cannot be our employees because they have been with us for the last 10-12
years and no other costlier items has been touched. It seems that the involved
gang deals only with laptops," he said.
Swarn Singh, Joint Secretary of All Delhi Computers Traders Association (ADCTA)
informed that the association is giving all possible support to RJ Computers.
"We are circulating the serial number of the stolen laptops to the
associations in Delhi and also across the country so that if anybody comes
across the item, he can inform us," shared Singh.
Neeraj Jain, Business Partner of RJ Computers informed that after the
incident, the security system in the company has been geared up but still shop
owners as well as the government has to be more proactive in addressing the
increasing theft issue in the market.