Impact of lockdown: Bread theft at judge's house, looting of hawkers in Delhi

New Delhi, 23rd May 2020 Saturday

The country usually faces many incidents of theft or looting of money, jewelery or other valuables but due to the current lockdown, people have started looting food items like bread, fruit and water. In the Jagatpuri area of ​​East Delhi, people looted fruits, including mangoes, from hawkers. The video of the incident has drawn strong criticism from looters as hawkers made a living by selling the fruit. Not one but many such incidents have come up. Someone stole five loaves from a magistrate's house in Madhya Pradesh. While hungry laborers have been forced to carry out robberies at railway stations or elsewhere.

Incidents of robbery and theft are currently on the rise amid lockdowns in several cities. However, surprising events are also coming up. For example, thieves broke into the house of a magistrate directly in Madhya Pradesh. However, they did not touch any of the valuables and only stole the bread and fled. However, he also stole Rs 1,500.

The thieves broke into the kitchen of the government house of Magistrate Vivek Kumar Singh, who is serving in the Sidhi District Court, by breaking the grill. The loaves were kept in the kitchen from which the thieves stole five loaves. There was a pant hanging in which the money was also taken away, i.e. no vault or sabotage was done for the theft of money. The house contained many valuable ornaments and belongings which they did not even touch and were finishing their work as if they had come to steal bread.

When a shameful incident took place in Delhi, the hawkers in the Jagatpuri area here threatened the corona and the mob looted all the fruits they had. The mangoes, apples, chickpeas etc. kept on the rake were looted and fled. Police have registered a complaint against the video of the incident and taken further action. At Dindayal Upadhyaya station, laborers rushing for water looted water bottles lying on a platform here. The laborers are also accused of not having adequate arrangements and also carried out water looting.

Fake police snatched Rs 50,000 from poor hawkers

Deposited to send parents to Bihar

In Grant Road, South Mumbai, fake police snatched Rs 50,000 from a poor hawker. The man kept the money to send to his parents living in Bihar. The victim had lodged a police complaint after the incident.

According to the details received in this regard, Ganesh Kumar Das is working to sell CDs in Grant Road. He had deposited Rs 50,000 in cash to send to his parents living in Bihar. Last Tuesday night he was going to deposit this cash in the cash deposit machine. At the time, a man who identified himself as a policeman said he was not allowed to go out late at night in a lockdown and asked to come with a handful of passage items.

After this incident, Das gave him Rs 50,000 in cash and followed him. The man wrapped the cash in a handkerchief. After Nanubhai came on Desai Road, the fake police gave him the money back and kept him standing at the gate of a building and told him to come now. After a long time, the man did not return. Das opened the handkerchief and found not only his cash but also pieces of paper.

After this incident, Das V. P. Complaining to the Road Police Station, the police are investigating the crime under the section including fraud.

The stomachs of the hungry will not wake up

-Umashankar Joshi