House of a Deputy Forest Ranger was burgled on Wednesday and valuables worth Rs 8 lakh including a personal revolver were taken away from his Sonagiri residence under Piplani Police Station area of the State capital.
According to the police, the victim Sunil Kumar Jain (51) had gone to Maihar on vacation while his son Rohan Jain was at home. Rohan was at home and left the home on Tuesday night for his college trip. When the victim arrived on Thursday morning found that house was burgled. The locks of the main doors of the house were found intact as the miscreants entered the house from the terrace by breaking the door at staircase room.
After entering the house, the locks of the inside doors were broken for committing burglary, told the police. The victim also owns a dog which was present at the time of burglary but the dog was poisoned by the miscreants and was found in unconscious state.
The victim is posted as Deputy Ranger at Betul range and lives at Sonagiri area of the state capital. The victim claimed that the miscreants took 25 tolas of gold, one revolver and Rs55000 in cash. The total loss, he claimed is around Rs25 lakh but the police have registered a loss of only Rs8 lakh. The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.