Thieves decamp with car tyres from police colony

CHANDIGARH: Making a mockery of police assurances regarding enhanced patrolling during night hours, some miscreants managed to run away with tyres of an ASI���s car, which was parked outside his residence in police colony, Sector 42.
The incident came to light when ASI Gurcharan Singh, presently attached with PP-22, noticed that his car was parked without tyres on Friday morning.���I was stunned to see my car like that,��� ASI Gurcharan Singh said.
Requesting anonymity, a sub-inspector from the same colony said the vehicle of a UT police personnel was deliberately targeted since thieves wanted to challenge police forces. Notably, Sector-42 police colony falls in the jurisdiction of Sector-36 police station.
Manpreet Singh, son of ASI Gurcharan Singh, said the car was parked around 11.30 pm on Thursday night. ���We did not hear any noise during the night,��� said Manpreet, under whose name the car was registered.
The incident has surely put a question mark on the functioning of police personnel, especially PCR wing that boasts of patrolling various residential colonies. On the other hand, police sources said a similar incident was reported in Sector 43.
Police have not registered a case as yet. PS-36 SHO Anokh Singh said the spot had been inspected and a case would be registered soon.