Chamba. A strange incident of theft has come to light in Sinhuta area of district Chamba, here a vehicle driver found it costly to give lift to a person he knew. Taking advantage of the driver being asleep, the accused fled away with Rs 90,000 from the vehicle. The victim driver has complained about the incident to the police. The accused has been identified as Vivek Kumar, a resident of Kullu. According to the information received, Akash Kumar of Dugh village is a driver who was returning to Kullu with his vehicle. That’s why he gave lift to one of his acquaintance Vivek Kumar on the way.
Late night Akash asked Vivek to drive the car as he was sleepy. During this he fell asleep. Then the accused Vivek Kumar put the car at the petrol pump on the pretext of filling petrol and fled away with Rs 90,000 kept in the car. When the vehicle did not leave the premises for a long time, the petrol pump staff went to the spot and woke up Akash Kumar from his sleep. After which Akash noticed that an amount of 90 thousand rupees was missing from the car along with Vivek. The video of Vivek parking his vehicle and running away from the spot has also been captured in the CCTV camera installed in the petrol pump premises. Confirming the matter, ASI Santram, in-charge of Sihunta police post, said that the police is probing the matter.
