Jewellery and electronic goods worth lakhs of rupees were burgled from a jewellery shop at Metro Plaza, Habibganj police station area on Sunday.
According to police, shutter of Kerala Gold Park was found broken and goods were found missing in the morning on Sunday. Police were informed and on the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot and started further investigation.
SHO of Habibganj police Ravindra Yadav said that the shop Kerala Gold Park was closed for the past 7-8 days due to the ongoing strike of jewelers and on Sunday morning the shop was found ransacked. The gold jewelry was not burgled as it was kept in the cash chest. Four CCTV cameras were installed in the shop but the miscreants took the CCTV cameras and along with CCTV cameras one laptop was also burgled, he added. Yadav claimed that in the past the shopkeepers were suggested to deploy a security guard to vigil the shops at the complex.
Sajeev Kumar the owner of the shop claimed that one kilogram silver, one laptop and other goods worth more than Rs 1 lakh were found missing. During the preliminary investigation, police found that gas cutter was used to break a part of shutter and enter the shop. The burglary was reported by the news paper hawker who found the broken shutter when he went to deliver news paper at the showroom.