Miscreants decamped with valuables worth lakhs of rupees from house of a contractor at Muqaddas Nagar area under Aishbgah police station area on Thursday.
Police said the incident took place at the residence of Mohammad Abid when he had gone to his new house on Ashoka Garden.
The incident came to highlight when they returned home. They found that the locks were broken and the house was ransacked.
On entering the house the victim found that around 300 gm of gold and Rs 2 lakh cash valuables were missing and the almirah with the valuables were targeted. A complaint was lodged with the police and after the preliminary investigation further investigations were started.
The police have registered a case under Section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The house remained vacant as the victim is shifting in his new house in Ashoka Garden. The shifting is in process and valuables were at the Muqaddas house which was the their old house.
The neighbours would be questioned and the security guards guarding the colony would be questioned.
The domestic help which used to work for the victim would be questioned. Police said that CCTV camera footages would be searched during the further investigation.
Police said that the total loss in the burglary would be provided by the victim after checking the valuables at their old house.