Burglar first stops to pray to deity, later continues to ransack petrol pump to steal nearly Rs 1.6 lakh; Watch video here

A burglar broke into a petrol pump's office in MP's Rajgarh district, but paused to pray before a deity before ransacking the place to steal nearly Rs 1.6 lakh, reported TOI.

The amusing incident took place at a fuel bunk on Jeerapur-Machalpur Road and was captured on CCTV.



The thief likely entered from the fields behind the petrol pump, as the CCTV cameras facing the road show no sign of him.

Inside the office, cameras captured him entering around 1 am on Saturday. Upon entering, he pauses to bow before a small puja place and seek blessings. He sees one of the CCTV cameras and fiddles around with it to change its field of vision, unaware that another camera is capturing every movement. He gathers wads of notes and slinks off, again with a bow to the deity.

Machalpur police station in charge, Jitendra Singh, said, "As per the complaint, he took Rs 1.57 lakh from the petrol pump. From CCTV footage, it seems there was only one thief. He first sought blessings at the temple inside the office and then stole money. We are looking for him and hope to nab him soon."

Recently, : A thief who had stolen a parked ambulance at Hayathnagar, gave a tough time for police, who had to chase the stolen vehicle on Saturday morning.

The thief even injured an assistant sub-inspector of police, by hitting him when he attempted to stop the ambulance. The incident of police attempting to stop the vehicle at a toll plaza was captured, where the thief was seen driving the ambulance carelessly by driving in a zigzag manner in an attempt to escape by crossing the toll plaza.

Earlier, after the parked ambulance was stolen from a hospital in Hayathnagar, the hospital staff alerted Dial-100. The accused left the place by blaring the siren.

Rachakonda police made a chase to nab him. At the toll plaza, police arranged lorries blocking the road to make it inevitable for the thief to stop the ambulance. But he still managed.

Finally, at Suryapet the driver lost control and hit a driver and the vehicle went off the road. The thief was taken into custody and is being questioned.