Fifty quintals of wheat was stolen by tying up the guard and his family at Mugaliya Kot under Sukhi Sewania police station area on Saturday.
According to the police, Chagan Palia (38), who owns farms at Mugaliya Kot, lodged a complaint regarding the stealing of 50 quintals of wheat by tying up his guard Phoolchand and his wife late in the night on Saturday.
In the complaint, the victim claimed that he had kept Phoolchand and his wife to guard the wheat, which was kept at the store after harvesting completed few days ago. Phoolchand is a resident of Vidisha and was working with the victim for the past two years.
A case was lodged by the victims with the Sukhi Sewania police after conducting preliminary investigation.
Police said the circumstances provided by the victims guard and his wife under which the robbery was done are suspicious and investigation would be done.
The suspicious rose after the differences found in the statements of the two recorded by the police.
During the investigation, police found that there are possibilities of the guard’s involvement in the burglary.
Escaping with such amount of wheat would take ample time and it is possible that it might have taken whole night and the loading would be continued till the morning, but the guard and his wife are providing the actual details, which raises suspicion about their involvement.
A case of theft has been registered against the unidentified thieves and the search for the miscreants has been started.
The friends and acquaintances of the guard and his family would be questioned.