Gold jewellery worth Rs 1.05 lakh and Rs 20,000 in cash were taken away in a burglary at an apartment at Shivaji Nagar under Habibganj police station area on Tuesday.
According to the police, the victim Vijay Modi along with his family returned on Tuesday and found that the locks were broken and on entering the house it was found ransacked. The family found that the valuables were missing.
The victim lodged a complaint with the Habibganj police and in the complaint the victim has claimed that around Rs 20000 in cash and gold jewellery worth Rs 1.05 lakh were found missing.
Modi along with his family had gone to Singapore on July 6 and returned on Tuesday and found that the valuables were missing. The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The people acquainted with the family would be questioned as they might have provided information intentionally or it is possible that someone has passed the information without being aware of the ill intentions. Neighbors of the victim would be questioned. The locality usually remains deserted which helped the miscreants.
Police said that the CCTV cameras installed in the nearby localities would be searched. Those involved in the burglary were aware of the schedule of the family which helped them in the burglary.