House of a former Sarpanch was targeted by miscreants who escaped with Rs95,000 cash and gold worth Rs7 lakh by captivating the family members in the wee hours on Wednesday.
Father of Santosh Meena, Hari Singh lives with his wife Saraswati Bai, their daughter Sheela and daughter-in-law Siya Bai and her children at their Khatakhedi village house which was targeted by the miscreants around 2 in the night.
SDOP Berasia Beena Singh said that the women of the family have spotted two miscreants searching the house and later escaped with the valuables. The two entered the house and locked Hari’s room door while the women locked the room after they spotted the miscreants inside the house and when they raised alarm the miscreants escaped with the valuables but they escaped in a vehicle could not be confirmed.
Subhash Meens who is Santosh’s nephew and was in a nearby village rushed to the spot after receiving information and on his way he spotted a vehicle and tried to chase but it is not clear that the miscreants escaped in the vehicle. The family had claimed that Rs 95000 cash and gold and silver jewelry worth Rs 4- Rs 5 lakh was burgled, she added.
Santosh lives with his family at Berasia and used to visit the village for agricultural work.
The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation into the matter.
The victim family was not able to provide the exact loss but they have claimed that miscreants took 280 gm of gold along with the cash.