Miscreants targeted the house of a building contractor at Rishipuram late on Tuesday night and valuables worth Rs1 lakh, a gun and 10 live cartridges were taken away.
According to the Awadhpuri police, the victim Ramesh Rajput along with his family had gone to lucknow to attend a marriage and when he returned on Wednesday he found that the locks were broken and the valuables were found missing.
In his complaint, the victim has claimed that he had gone to lucknow to attend a marriage on January 31. When he returned on Wednesday, the house was found ransacked.
A gun, 10 cartridges, silver coins weighing 250 gm and gold jewelry worth Rs 1 lakh were found missing claimed the victim. The victim has not yet provided the details of the total loss in the burglary.
Police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The victim works as a building contractor and for work he used to remain out of the town frequently.
During the investigation police found that the almirah with valuables was broken and valuables were burgled.
Police said that the labour who worked for the victim would be questioned. The acquaintances of the victim were aware as the work at the construction sites were halted due to victim’s visit in lucknow and would be resumed after his return. Victim’s domestic help and security guard of the area would be questioned.