Gold and diamond ornaments worth Rs1.70 lakh were burgled from Hotel Courtyard of Marriot under MP Nagar police station area on January 16; a complaint was lodged with the police on January 18 after the victim came to know about the missing jewelry.
The complainant Krishna Kumar (70) of Raipur, in his complaint stated that they were staying in room number 305 of hotel Courtyard by Marriot and when his daughter-in-law Neha Sharma went to her room she found that the lock of the room was open and on entering she found the gold jewelry was found missing.
CSP of MP Nagar police Bhartendu Sharma said that the family came to Bhopal on January 16 for attending a marriage and the incident occurred within the initial hours of their stay.
He informed that preliminary investigation suggested that the offender had called the reception and asked for the keys and without checking any details the hotel staff went with the keys which was used by the miscreant who later escaped with the valuables.
The image of the miscreant was captured in the CCTV cameras installed in the hotel and based on the images search for the miscreant has been started, he added. Sharma informed that the marriage of the relative was scheduled in the same hotel on January 16.
In the complaint, the victim has stated that five pairs of crystal diamond ear rings, two pairs of diamond studded gold ear rings, two gold finger rings and a gold bracelet worth total Rs 1.70 lakh were taken away by the miscreant.
The police have registered a cased under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.