Bengaluru: Bus shelter stolen within a week of instalment

A Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus shelter enshrined with a stainless steel structure amounting to Rs 10 lakh has been stolen from Cunningham Road. The theft occurred within a week of the structure’s instalment.  

N Ravi Reddy, associate vice-president of signpost a commercial company that was entasked with the construction of BMTC bus shelters in the city by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike  (BBMP) filed a complaint with the High Grounds police regarding the theft. The Bengaluru police have registered a case under section 379 of the Indian Penal Code  (punishment for theft).The complaint stated, “We undertake the work of constructing bus shelters in the city for BBMP. Accordingly, we had constructed this particular bus shelter (close to Coffee Day) on Cunningham Road on August 21. It was a stainless-steel structure. The cost of the shelter was Rs 10 lakh. However, on visiting the shelter on August 28, we found it missing. We enquired with BBMP officials and asked them whether they have any information on the removal of the shelter and they said no. Finally, we decided to lodge a police complaint.”

The police have begun their investigations with regard to the case and are currently screening through CCTV footage from nearby roads and establishments.