Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The PHQ officials are annoyed over theft committed in Balaghat police station malkhana (locker room) where its incharge stole gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 55 lakh and put the money in gambling.

The incident took place because the supervisory officers did not perform their duties according to the manual, officials said here on Wednesday.

Madhya Pradesh has 1,100 police stations and every police station has a locker room called malkhana where the seized items are kept.

Special DGP, CID, Pawan Shrivastava told Free Press that it was a total failure on part of supervisory officials who had the responsibility to check the police station including roznamcha and malkhana at regular intervals.

“First responsibility is of police station incharge who has to check

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