Friday 13 September 2013

Theft at Worli passport office, monitors stolen.

BS Post : 79, Date : 13.09.2013, Place : Mumbai, By : Mohammed Chand Shaikh.


MUMBAI: Three computer monitors were stolen from the passport head office in Worli during the Ganesh Chaturthi holiday from September 8 to 10. While the police said sensitive data was missing from the Passport office, a senior passport official denied it.

"Only the monitors were stolen. of which two were old and two new. Not even the CPUs were taken. No sensitive data is stored here. It is all on a central server, which is also not here," he said. The passport
official said an air conditioner in the waiting hall was being repaired and the hall leads to the regional passport officer's cabin. "The AC had been removed and the opening was closed with a board. The thieves broke it to gain access. We have given the CCTV cameras installed and we have handed over the image to the police.'' He added the cabin had not been broken into.

A source said, "The theft apparently took place on Tuesday. A recce was done two days earlier, shows CCTV footage." Additional commissioner Praveen Salunkhe said an FIR a first information report has been registered.


TNN | Sep 13, 2013

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