A 65-year-old woman was targeted by miscreants and gold jewelry and Rs 10000 cash were stolen from her bag at New Market on Sunday.
According to the police the victim Pratima Sahani had gone to shop in New Market where her valuables from bag was stolen.
A complaint was lodged with the TT Nagar police and in the complaint victim stated that she went to shop and when she checked cash for making payment she found that cash and gold jewelry was stolen. Victim claimed that the bag was carrying gold and silver jewelry worth 50000 and Rs 10000 cash. The bag was stolen while the victim was busy in shopping and later found that valuables were stolen.
She asked the shopkeeper and locals but they expressed ignorance of the bag. Police said that the CCTV footages of the nearby shops and area would be searched which could help in the investigation.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation a case under section 379 of the IPC was registered by the police and further investigation has been started.
Meanwhile miscreant burgled cash and valuables from donation box from Jain temple at Samrasgarh area; Ratibad police have started investigation.
According to the police, late night on Sunday valuables and donation box of Jain temple at was stolen. A complaint was lodged with the Ratibad police by the priest of the temple Rupendra Jain who checked the temple doors in the morning and found valuables were stolen. The loss would be in lakhs of rupees.