GUWAHATI: A red coloured Ford Ecosport car belonging to Guwahati-based entrepreneur, Atul Lahkar, was vandalized in broad daylight on the afternoon of February 12, Tuesday.
The victim had parked the car, bearing registration number AS01BT5791, in front of Assam Textile Institute at around 2 PM and had gone to his restaurant Heritage Khorika (where he is also the chef) which is located at the junction of Lamb Road and GNB Road. After finishing his work there, he returned to his car which had been broken into by miscreants at around 4 PM.
In the car were two Canon cameras (Mark 2 and Mark 3), two professional lenses (70 mm-200 mm and 24 mm-120 mm) and memory cards. The value of the camera equipment is around Rs 5,50,000. Along with the equipment, a few important documents, ATM cards and his driving license were also taken by the miscreants who broke the left front window of the car and looted it.
A case has been registered with the Latasil police station.
Speaking to G Plus, Chef Atul Lahkar informed, “I am presently researching on indigenous food. I had gone to Sonapur for research work in the morning of the incident and all the information collected, along with the photographs clicked during the research, were stolen by the miscreants. I hope that the police intervene and cooperate since it’s not just a financial loss but without recovering the documents and camera pictures, I will not be able to carry forward the research work.”