12 cars stolen in 7 months from outside society

NOIDA: The number of cars that have been stolen from residents of Parsvnath Prestige I, Sector 93A, in recent months is directly proportional to their sense of insecurity. Within seven months ? from March to September ? about 12 cars have been stolen from outside the society gates.
These cars are the additional second cars of residents which have to be parked outside the society gates as their designated parking slot is allotted for one car park each.
"We are facing a major problem of car theft. This year alone more than a dozen cars have been stolen. These cars were parked outside our society. Today cars are being stolen, tomorrow bigger crimes might happen. The morale of criminals is at an all-time high," says Sanjay Kishore, resident of the society. Individual FIRs have been lodged by the residents in the Phase II police chowki that mans the sector but there has been no headway.
Pramod Kant, who lost his Hyundai Santro in March this year, says, "The case has now reached the court after mandatory three-month investigation period and subsequent submission of report by police. Of course, there's no hope of recovery, except that with the court order I can claim some insurance amount."
Like Kant there are others like Raj Singh Bundela, whose Maruti 800 disappeared in June.
According to Jaikir Hussain, facility manager Parsvnath Prestige-I, Sector-93A it is impossible to appoint a guard who would man the cars outside the gate 24x7. "The thieves tend to pick up cars at the end of the road or during a lean period of the day," said Hussain.
"What we need is increased patrolling and a fear of police," says Mridul Kumar Singh, RWA general secretary of Parsvnath Prestige-I, who has installed a CCTV camera at the gate after the thefts.
However, according to Pradeep Kumar Singh SHO, Phase II chowki, no amount of patrolling can help deter the thieves until someone takes responsibility of cars' safety.
Till such times the residents are left to fend for their commute and wait for court orders for insurance claims as recovery is impossible according to Kant given the lapses.