A hand bag carrying gold jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh was stolen from house of a retired employee of BHEl at Saket Nagar under Bagh Sewania police station area on Thursday.
According to the police the victim Surendra Ram went inside the house to bring water for the miscreants during which the miscreants escaped with the valuables.
A complaint was lodged with the Bagh Sewania police by the victim and in the complaint the victim claimed that on Thursday when he returned from the bank carrying bag two miscreants escaped with the bag.
In his complaint the victim stated he had gone to bring gold jewelry of his daughter from bank locker and when he returned home with the bag two miscreants were following him from the bank and when he reached his house the asked victim regarding some address and requested for water and to take water from the kitchen and provided the water to the two youths victim went inside and when he returned the bag carrying jewelry was found missing.
SHO of Bagh Sewania police lalit Singh said that the victim suspects that the two persons are behind the theft. The victim searched the miscreants but failed to find them and later approached the police. The CCTV footages of the nearby areas and the bank would be searched in the investigation which could help in searching for the miscreants who escaped with the valuables.
The police have registered a case under section 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.