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“All of us are shocked over the burglary and this is the first such incident in our society’s history,” said Gaonkar.
Asked if the incident had shaken the faith of the customers, who had trusted the society to provide safety and security to their valuables, Gaonkar replied in the negative.
“Customers have been banking with our society for the last 20 years and there have never been any complaint from customers so far. Our employees have also had good relations with customers and such an incident was totally unexpected,” said Gaonkar.
To another query on the number of customers who had contacted him after the burglary, Gaonkar replied, “Of the 16 customers whose safe deposit lockers were burgled, only one lady customer met me at the Quepem Police station, when I had gone to give my statement.”
“The lady expressed her annoyance and started blaming the society. Except for this incident, nobody came and accused us of lapses and wrongdoing,” he added.
“The Society has been offering safe locker service to customers for the last five years. Our transactions are transparent and clear,” said Gaonkar.
When contacted, PSI Harish Raut Dessai said statements of about five locals have been recorded so far and added that investigations are in progress.
Police suspect gang of seasoned burglars in Gudi-Paroda credit society robbery
CURCHOREM: Quepem PI Pravin Gawas suspects the involvement of professional robbers in the burglary at Paroda VKSS Society at Gudi-Paroda in Quepem.
Speaking to The Goan, Quepem PI Pravin Gawas said two persons, who had gone to install CCTV cameras at Paroda VKSS Society at Gudi-Paroda were called for questioning, after the Society chairman suspected their involvement.
“When the two persons were interrogated, the police did not find any strong lead,” said PI Gawas.
“Fingerprint expert found some prints and it has helped the police collect some evidence,” he added.
“We suspect that the burglars belong to a professional gang,” informed Gawas.
He informed such type of burglaries usually take place in urban villages of Karnataka and it has come to light that such types of professional burglars are involved in such crimes.
“We have sent wireless messages to the police stations so that we may get information about such culprits,” he added.
The safe deposit locker owners have given their statements at Quepem Police station throughout Thursday and also gave a list of their belongings which they had kept in the lockers, informed PI Gawas.
South Goa SP Chandan Choudhari said the police has found some leads in the case and has accelerated up the investigation.
“Two teams under the supervision of DySP Sammy Tavares and DySP Dinraj Govekar have gone to neighbouring states to trace the burglars,” she added. TGN
Suspicion on CCTV installation team
CURCHOREM: Suspecting the involvement of the CCTV installation team behind the burglary of 16 lockers at the Paroda VKSS Society, the society secretary said the team was aware of the office layout.
Theresa informed that as part of a NABARD scheme, the Society had undertaken the CCTV installation work and only electrical connection was left to be completed.
“Work to install CCTV cameras was going on since last Saturday. On Saturday, two person came for installation work and on Tuesday, there were three persons, a helper, an electrician and the CCTV company official to the best of my knowledge,” he added.
“When the burglary came to light on Wednesday, only the engineer visited the Society, while the other two persons did not.”
