Kanpur: Vijay Awasthi, a software engineer, who helped the city police catch the thief while sitting in the USA, informed the police that he came to know that a man of the locality had provided vital clues to the thieves about his closed house.
“I request the police to immediately catch the fourth suspect along with two others who had already been identified so that the investigation of the whole case can be done properly,” Vijay said while talking to TOI over phone from the US.
To recall, a burglar’s bid to rob a house in Harihar Dham in Shyam Nagar area of Chakeri was foiled after the house owner’s two sons, staying in the US, noticed his movement on their mobile phones linked with CCTV cameras installed at their parents’ house and alerted the police.
The CCTV cameras, which played an important role in preventing the theft, were brought from America. The technology of the cameras is very special due to which they got the thief arrested, he said. After the death of his father and the marriage of his sisters, his mother used to live alone in the house, he further said.
“I had employed a care-taker for the security of my house. “About a year and a half ago, I bought the CCTV cameras from Blink Company of America for the safety of my mother. Cameras of this company are not available in India at present,” Vijay said. Vijay’s brother Ashutosh said that when he had recently visited Kanpur he took his mother along and locked the house.
He and his brother Vijay both are software engineers. Vijay is in HCL and he is working in TCS. Vijay is in Philadelphia while he lives with his family in Chicago, Ashutosh said.
“On Monday last, it was 11:38 pm in India and about one O’clock in the afternoon in America. While working in the office, an alert message came and in no time my brother Vijay called me and said that someone is present inside the house. We saw through CCTV cameras that the miscreants were jumping down from the roof. They stayed only in the garden area and did not go inside the house,” Ashutosh said. He said audio speakers have also been installed in the house along with CCTV cameras due to which he often talks to the caretaker. Through the audio system connected to this CCTV camera, he warned the thieves and said, “You have been outnumbered… it is better to leave the place. After this, they broke the CCTV cameras but some hidden cameras kept the view visible”. He then alerted the neighbours and the police and informed them about the presence of thieves in the house. After this, the police surrounded the house and caught one of the thieves in the encounter.
Ashutosh said that he had seen more than three miscreants after which the police did a lot of search in the house but the two other miscreants managed to flee.
Around 25000-30000 rupees had to be spent in installing these cameras. “The amount is not big but with the help of technology, the theft bid was foiled,” he said. These CCTV not only remain functional 24×7, but their other special feature is that they cannot be damaged easily. “Speakers are also connected to them and with their help a person sitting far away can also talk. A button is there to talk to someone within 45 feet of range. Even though, after being warned, the thieves broke the camera, the setup continued to work. They had cut the wire, thinking they would cut off the contacts, but the cameras have extra batteries, which keep them active for a long time,” he further said.
“I request the police to immediately catch the fourth suspect along with two others who had already been identified so that the investigation of the whole case can be done properly,” Vijay said while talking to TOI over phone from the US.
To recall, a burglar’s bid to rob a house in Harihar Dham in Shyam Nagar area of Chakeri was foiled after the house owner’s two sons, staying in the US, noticed his movement on their mobile phones linked with CCTV cameras installed at their parents’ house and alerted the police.
The CCTV cameras, which played an important role in preventing the theft, were brought from America. The technology of the cameras is very special due to which they got the thief arrested, he said. After the death of his father and the marriage of his sisters, his mother used to live alone in the house, he further said.
“I had employed a care-taker for the security of my house. “About a year and a half ago, I bought the CCTV cameras from Blink Company of America for the safety of my mother. Cameras of this company are not available in India at present,” Vijay said. Vijay’s brother Ashutosh said that when he had recently visited Kanpur he took his mother along and locked the house.
He and his brother Vijay both are software engineers. Vijay is in HCL and he is working in TCS. Vijay is in Philadelphia while he lives with his family in Chicago, Ashutosh said.
“On Monday last, it was 11:38 pm in India and about one O’clock in the afternoon in America. While working in the office, an alert message came and in no time my brother Vijay called me and said that someone is present inside the house. We saw through CCTV cameras that the miscreants were jumping down from the roof. They stayed only in the garden area and did not go inside the house,” Ashutosh said. He said audio speakers have also been installed in the house along with CCTV cameras due to which he often talks to the caretaker. Through the audio system connected to this CCTV camera, he warned the thieves and said, “You have been outnumbered… it is better to leave the place. After this, they broke the CCTV cameras but some hidden cameras kept the view visible”. He then alerted the neighbours and the police and informed them about the presence of thieves in the house. After this, the police surrounded the house and caught one of the thieves in the encounter.
Ashutosh said that he had seen more than three miscreants after which the police did a lot of search in the house but the two other miscreants managed to flee.
Around 25000-30000 rupees had to be spent in installing these cameras. “The amount is not big but with the help of technology, the theft bid was foiled,” he said. These CCTV not only remain functional 24×7, but their other special feature is that they cannot be damaged easily. “Speakers are also connected to them and with their help a person sitting far away can also talk. A button is there to talk to someone within 45 feet of range. Even though, after being warned, the thieves broke the camera, the setup continued to work. They had cut the wire, thinking they would cut off the contacts, but the cameras have extra batteries, which keep them active for a long time,” he further said.
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