Colonies lose their gates to ‘CPWD men’

NEW DELHI: Last week residents of Motibagh and Nanakpura in south Delhi were pleasantly surprised when some people claiming to be CPWD staff inspected their colonies and promised to replace their rickety gates with new ones. The iron gates were then dislodged and taken away. However, their happiness was short-lived after the residents realized that it was a group of petty thieves who had made away with their gates.

Five such incidents have been reported from Motibagh and Nanakpura aeas in the past one week, police said. The thieves have struck at government quarters. The first incident was reported on March 13. Sangita Sharma, a resident of C block, south Moti Bagh, said she was ecstatic when some people claiming to be CPWD staff arrived at her home to replace her old iron gate.

Her son, who studies in class XI, was alone at home when a man rang the doorbell, police said. He claimed CPWD would bear the cost of replacing the old gates with new ones. The boy then allowed him to take away their main gate. The man, along with his aides, used iron cutters and other tools to dislodge the gate and took it on a bicycle. Suspecting foul play, the Sharmas then contacted the real CPWD officials a day later. It is then they realized that they had been duped.

Another incident took place in the same area on Thursday. Brijender Kaur, said, "A teenaged boy came between 3 and 4pm. He told me he was sent by the contractor to change my gate. When I asked him to make me speak to his contractor, he said he doesn't remember the number. He told me that he has been asked to change the gate of four-five quarters in the same locality." Kaur had even asked the youth if he would sell it to any scrap-dealer instead of returning it to the CPWD.

When Kaur contacted CPWD, she was told that it hadn't sent anyone. While Sharmas got a new gate installed by the CPWD a few days ago, Kaur is still waiting for her new gate.

Meanwhile, a CPWD junior engineer during his inspection found that the main gates of four houses were missing. CPWD has also lodged an FIR at the South Campus police station.

Cops suspect the thieves might have sold the gates to scrap-dealers to buy drugs. They are questioning scrap buyers to trace the thieves.

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