Supermarket boss appeals for help to find stolen car worth £18k

Ajmal Puliqqal (27), manager of Sprouts Supermarket on Wellgate, said his black Volkswagen Golf was stolen between 10pm last Tuesday (9) and 9am the following day. 

Mr Puliqqal said his 16-reg plate Golf GTD (below) had been parked overnight in the store’s secured car park.

“Somebody during the night has broken the gate using some sort of machinery to cut the gate open,” he said.

“There were two other vehicles parked in there and they also tried to get into a van.”

The father-of-one was alerted to the theft by a colleague as they opened the store.

Mr Puliqqal believes the car thief had used some sort of technology to gain access to the keyless car, which was worth around £18,000.

The store manager said the theft had forced him to use trains between his workplace and Leicester home.

A spokeswoman for South Yorkshire Police said: “Sometime between 10pm on Tuesday, October 9, and 9am on Wednesday, October 10, it has been reported a black Volkswagen Golf, parked outside a premises on Wellgate, Rotherham, was stolen. 

“Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police quoting reference number 14/147633/18.”