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Bengaluru Robbery: Two unidentified men pulled off a daring theft in just 15 minutes, draining over 120 litres of diesel from a parked Bengaluru Metropolitan
Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus at a fuel station. The duo arrived prepared, siphoned the fuel quickly, and fled before anyone noticed. The incident happened last week in Rampura village.
When Did The Robbery Happen?
The bus, linked to BMTC's Mandur depot (Depot 47), completed its final run on the Rampura-KR Market route on December 1, according to a TOI report. The driver Shivappa and conductor Manjunath BC parked the bus at the fuel station around 11 PM and went to sleep inside.
On December 2, 2:30 AM, two miscreants entered the premises, lingering near the bus and stealing 124 litres of diesel in minutes, as seen in the CCTV footage, TOI reported.
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How Did The Miscreants Drain 124 Litres of Diesel in 13 Minutes?
According to the report, a Tata Indica entered the premises at 2:30 AM, showing two men watching the crew closely and keeping a close eye. Later, one of the two men walked up to the vehicle, peeped inside the vehicle, and checked whether the staff were asleep.
After confirming, the two men broke open the diesel tank's lock and, using a pipe, they drained out the fuel and filled several plastic cans kept in their car.
By 2:43 AM, the two men fled the scene, siphoning 124 litres of diesel in just 13 minutes.
Later, the bus's driver and the conductor woke up around 4:30 AM and resumed their schedule. But unaware of the theft, the bus approached Halasur, and it suddenly stopped.
The driver contacted the depot and found that the vehicle was filled with over 124 litres of diesel the previous day. They suspected something was wrong and returned to the station and checked the CCTV footage, and filed a police complaint on December 3.
