Theft claim rejected as employee role suspected

According to the National Commission, the suspicious manner in which the heavy drums were stolen, without leaving any evidence, provided grounds for repudiating the claim

Ajmer Vidyut Vitram Nigam had several stores in Sikar. The goods kept in the stores were insured under a Standard Fire and Special Perils Policy and under a Burglary Policy, both issued on a floater basis by United India Insurance Company.

On the night of October 3, 2011, there was a theft at the Sikar Store Campus in Sabalpura Power Station House. Six drums containing wires were stolen. The Assistant Store Controller lodged an FIR with the Kotwali Police Station. The insurer was also informed that the theft had occurred by making a forced entry through the main gate of the