Miscreants targeted a house of Agriculture Department employee at Idgah Hills and escaped with valuables worth Rs 2.5 lakh on Monday; Shahjehanabad police have started investigation.
Police said that the victim Tasleem Khan had gone to her work in Sehore where she is posted with Agriculture Department and when she returned, she found the valuables to have been burgled.
A complaint was lodged by the victim with the Shahjehanabad police and in her s complaint, she stated she had gone to office in Sehore in the morning and when she returned in the evening the house was targeted and ransacked.
The victim claimed that gold and silver jewelry worth Rs 2.5 lakh were burgled. Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 454 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
During the investigation police would check the CCTV footages of the nearby installed cameras would be searched in the further investigation which could help in establishing the identity of the miscreants and as neighbours were not aware of the burglary the revelations from CCTV footages could be useful.
The domestic help and security guard would be quizzed in the further investigation.
The burglary was committed in a short period of time which suggests that the miscreants were aware of the whereabouts of the victim. The possibility of the burglars been tipped could not be ruled out said police.