Valuables worth Rs 15 lakh were burgled from a house in Housing Board Colony under Nishatpura police station area on Saturday. According to the police, the victim, Pankaj Soni, along with his family members had gone to a clinic at around 8 pm and when they returned at around 9:30 pm they found that the locks of the doors were broken and on entering the house it was found ransacked.
Gold jewellery along with Rs 20,000 in cash were found missing. A compliant was lodged with the Nishatpura police by the victim and after preliminary investigation a case against unidentified miscreants was registered. The victim owns a jewellery shop at Karond and for security reasons he used to carry gold jewellery to his house in a bag on a daily basis and on Saturday also he did the same and took the gold jewellery with him. In the burglary, the gold bag along with family jewellery was taken away. The employees of the victim would be questioned during the investigation. The police have registered a case under section 454 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.