Throwing an open challenge to the police, thieves targeted two shops, including a jewellery store and a studio, during intervening night of Friday and Saturday in two different areas under Patel Nagar and Kotwali police station respectively.
Police said that cops on patrolling duty noticed broken shutter of Vani Jewellers.
They immediately informed the shop owner Nand Kishore Verma, a resident of Goravpur Chowk, asking him to reach the shop immediately.
When he checked the shop, silver ornaments, weighing around 500 gm, were missing. He lodged a complaint with Patel Nagar police in this connection.
Thieves targeted Ajanta Studio and took away cameras worth Rs 80,000 and Rs 20,000 in cash.
Shashikant Goel, a resident of Chakrata Road has lodged a complaint with Kotwali police station in this connection. Police said that the thieves entered the shop cutting tin shed of the shop and burgled the shop.