House of an engineer was targeted by miscreants who escaped with valuables worth lakhs of rupees from Vijay Nagar under Koh-e-Fiza police station area on Sunday.
According to the police, the victim Sunil Shrivastava had gone to Shivpuri along with his family on June 10 and on Monday morning when his house was found burgled.
On Monday morning the gardener of the victim found that the locks of the door were broken and informed the neighbours and later a complaint was lodged with the police. Based on the complaint a police team reached the spot and started investigation.
Police said that the victim works as engineer with railways and the loss could not be ascertained as the victim had not returned. The loss could be provided after the victim’s return.
The gardener of the victim found that the locks of the house were broken when he went to water the plants on Monday.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under section 457 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
During the investigation it was found that the almirah having the valuables was targeted and jewellery and other valuables were burgled.
Police suspects that information of whereabouts of the victim was provided to the miscreants which helped them in easy entry and easy exit as the victims were not in the city.
The neighbours have expressed ignorance over the burglary. The security guard and domestic help would be questioned in the further investigation.