Bag-lifting continues unchecked at Madurai MGR bus terminal

TNN | Nov 30, 2017, 00:31 IST

 

Madurai: What's in a name? So seem to ask the thieves at the city's famous Mattuthavani bus terminal which was rechristened MGR bus stand some months ago. For, there has been no end to the bag lifting menace that continues to haunt passengers frequenting the bus stand with the thieves targeting mostly the laptops being carried by them. Seven cases were registered by Anna Nagar police in connection with laptop thefts at the terminal between April and September.

City corporation sources said that on an average, up to 2.5 lakh passengers and 3,000 buses passed through the bus terminal a day. Although the terminal could boast of CCTV facility, it did not cover all parts. Among those who lost their laptops was the zonal deputy tahsildar of Ottapidaram in Tuticorin district. Police said he was travelling on a government bus bound for Tirunelveli on May 29 when an yet-to-be-identified thief entered and made away with the bag kept on the luggage wrack. Similarly, many employees working in private firms including software professionals have lost their laptops to the thieves.