A 35-year-old woman was robbed of jewellery worth Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh in cash from Model Ground area under Shahjehanabad police station area on Saturday.
According to the police, the victim Anjana Thakur when returned to her house from her sister-in-law’s house on third floor, she found that a miscreant was inside and escaped the spot immediately with valuables.
Superintendent of Police Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena said that the miscreant has been identified as Shahab who has been booked earlier for burglaries and other crimes.
The motorbike used by the accused has been recovered and based on the motorbike details Shahid was traced, who told the police that Shahab borrowed his motorbike. He was not aware that the motorbike was used in the crime.
Based on the details the search for the accused has been intensified.
The victim chased the miscreant but failed to nab him and miscreant escaped with the valuables.The house is owned by Navneet Thakur who is a property dealer. Police said that the accused recce the house and targeted when he found that the house was locked.
A complaint was lodged with the police and in her complaint the victim stated that she had gone to her sister-in-law’s house in the morning and when she returned around 15-20 minutes later she found miscreants and after spotting the victim accused escaped the spot. The victim raised alarm and chased the accused but failed and the miscreant tried to escape on his motorbike but failed as it failed to start and left the motorbike on the spot.
Police has registered a case under section 454 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The motorbike was seized by the police and based on the details the investigation was started. Till the filing of the report the accused remained absconding.