Machinery and medical equipment worth over Rs 53 lakh was stolen from a private hospital in Thane city of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday
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Machinery and medical equipment worth over Rs 53 lakh was stolen from a private hospital in Thane city of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday, reported the PTI.
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The incident took place in Sapphire Hospital at Kharegaon in Kalwa between 6.30 pm on January 9 and 2 pm the next day, they said.
"Unidentified persons sneaked into the hospital through its main door and took away the machinery and medical equipment worth Rs 53,61,000," an official of Kalwa police station, where the first information report (FIR) was registered, as per the PTI.
The case was filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 454, 457 (both pertaining to house-trespass or house-breaking) and 380 (theft), he said, adding that efforts to identify and nab the offenders were being made.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, Mumbai Police has initiated an investigation into the alleged theft of a valuable painting worth Rs 50,000 titled "Eerie Green," created by the late Irish American expressionist painter Michael J. Ryan. The complaint was lodged by Vanessa Ryan, the wife of the deceased artist and a well-known fashion designer at Colaba Police Station.
The incident came to light on January 9 when Vanessa Ryan approached the Colaba police station to register a complaint against an unknown person. According to Vanessa, the missing artwork was one of the 34 paintings displayed at the Jehangir Art Gallery. The painting, created by Michael J. Ryan, was exhibited several years ago in New York.
“My Late Husband, Irish-American artist, Michael. J. Ryan’s paintings were displayed in Jehangir Art gallery, out of the 34 displayed paintings, one painting titled Eerie Green was missing. The painting was exhibited several years ago in New York. I checked it everywhere however I found it missing hence I came forward to register a complaint,” Ryan (59), a fashion designer, said.
Ryan explained that she had engaged the services of Gaurav Frame Markers to frame some paintings and transport them to the Jehangir Art Gallery. The company had offered to arrange a tempo and transportation for the artworks. Vanessa suspects that the painting was stolen during transit.
The FIR states that Vanessa paid Rs. 800 to the representatives of Gaurav Frame Markers for their assistance in organizing the tempo and transport. While transporting the paintings, Vanessa had initially wanted to travel in the tempo with the pictures, but the company's representative insisted she come separately in a taxi.
(with PTI inputs)
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