ahmedabad here is a thriving business opportunity where you can earn handsome returns with no or little investment turnover rs 6291100 time required to achieve the turnover 10 days areas of operation ellisbridge navrangpura satellite naranpura vejalpur and solathese figures are not turnovers of a multinational or a corporate firm instead it is the total turnover achieved by thieves in a period from august 20 to 29 the most lucrative option was house breakins and burglaries that account for more than rs 47 lakh last week was hectic for the city police as thieves showed of their craft by getting away with cash and jewellery from shops as well as homes in posh localities of the city here are some examples on august 28 thieves broke into radhika lifestyle a shop near shivranjani cross roads through the exhaust fan hole and stole rs 85000 in cash and goods on august 27 valuables and cash worth rs 640 lakh were stolen from the house of a stockbroker in sola when the family was out on a tourdiamond rings worth rs 25 lakh were stolen during the day from a gili showroom near law garden on august 25 when the sales girl showed the rings to two people posing as customerson august 23 a worker at a jewellery polishing unit got away with gold jewellery worth rs 22 lakh from akhbarnagar in naranpurathese incidents highlight two rather grim facts thieves are having a free run in the city and cops are unable to curb the menace after forming and then dissolving the antiburglary squads in each police station the city police top brass has done little to nab the burglars deputy commissioner of police zone i abhay chudasama said that they have strengthened night patrolling and more than 50 policemen on bikes are also moving around within the zone police commissioner j mahapatra however was defensive if you compare the figures of last five years the number of thefts have come down we have an improved crime detection rate as well one should go by the number of offences rather than comparing it with the worth of goods stolen a senior police official blamed the rising number of thefts on inadequate police personnel we do not have sufficient staff to man police stations how can we employ a whole team just to move around he said parthshastritimesgroupcom