POOR SECURITY LED TO THEFT
Poor security at the Nizam Museum allowed the thieves to make away with priceless artifacts, Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar said.
Poor security at the Nizam Museum allowed the thieves to make away with priceless artefacts, Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar said.
He inspected the museum along with Cyber Crime staff, Clues team, Task Force officials and the law and order police.
“The security arrangements were very casual and lacked alarms, proper CCTV cameras and basic safety measures which made it easy for the men to decamp with the valuables. We are closely following the clues and investigating the case,” said Mr Kumar who spent nearly two hours examining the place along with other officials.
The police officials suspect that persons known to the museum authorities are likely to have committed the theft.
The value of the stolen items will be known once the curator examines the place.
“We have deployed 10 teams in the vicinity and went to the museum with dog squad, Clues team and Task Force officials,” said ACP, Mirchowk, B. Anand.
“We have checked the CCTV footage of the place but nothing was recorded
WHILE TWO guards stayed on the ground floor entry point, one manned the first floor and also the entry points as there is no other way to enter the premises.
as the thieves turned the cameras away,” said another official.