Jammu, Dec 15: An alleged thief was tied to a pole and beaten up by the people when he stole some cash from a shop at Dolian village in Bari Brahmana, Jammu on Thursday.
As per the report, a burglar came to a shop and on the pretext of buying eatables stole money from the cash box kept in the shop and was fleeing, when some locals who were standing at the crime scene caught and tied him to a pole.
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“We were standing near the shop, when I saw this burglar coming in the shop and hurriedly taking out the money from its cash box and was calling the shopkeeper faking as a customer to pay for the eatables he bought. I saw his whole act and grabbed him”, Mr Rajinder Kumar a local resident said.
He further said that everyday in Bari Brahmana so many thefts are being reported and the burglars are also getting caught.
Later, the Bari Brahmana police apprehended the thief and took him to police station.
The thief told the media that he is from Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh state and works here in a factory known as Uflex in Bari Brahmana of Jammu.
Aman Zutshi
