Siliguri, Nov 26: Transmission equipment worth Rs 80 lakh approximately was burgled from the All India Radio centre at Siliguri last night, disrupting transmission since this morning, official sources said today. The Siliguri station of AIR is situated near Salugora on the national highway under Bhaktinagar police station in Jalpaiguri district.
An FIR was lodged with the Bhaktinagar police station this morning and officials including Additional Superintendent of Police Jalpaiguri, Dilip Banerjee was investigating details of the theft.
The burglary came to light when the officials of the AIR switched on the morning transmission and found that the system was not working.
However, a temporary transmission was resumed at 1200 hours with an FM channel, which has a range between 50 to 60 kw, air sources said.
Bureau Report