The Tribune, January 4, 2003

Sonepat

Shops looted: The spate of thefts has caused panic among residents and shopkeepers in this city. According to a report, the police have failed to solve any case of theft committed during the past one month or so. Thieves are reported to have broken the locks of a paint shop on the old DC road here last night and decamped with goods worth about Rs 1 lakh. According to another report, the thieves also broke open the shutters of a mobile phone shop in the Hem Nagar area here last night and took away goods worth about Rs 35,000. The owners of these shops have lodged FIRs with the police and further investigations are in progress.