Valuables worth Rs5 lakh including Omani Rial worth Rs3 lakh were stolen from a bungalow near Sufia Masjid under Koh-e-Fiza Police Station area of the city.
According to the police the victim Taufeeq Ahmed (48) works as an engineer in Muscat and was on vacation in India. He arrived in Bhopal few days ago. On Sunday, the victim along with his family had gone to Geetgarh in the outskirts of the city. When they returned on Sunday afternoon they found that the house had been burgled.
The locks of the front door were broken. The cash which was stolen was not Indian currency, but Omani Rial. The victim had claimed that the miscreants have taken Omani Rial in cash, three gold rings and five watches. The ornaments and watches were worth Rs2 lakh.
A compliant was lodged by the victim with the Koh-e-Fiza Police and the police have registered a case under Section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Meanwhile, the Ashoka Garden police have not found any vital clue in the theft of Rs4.75 lakh in cash from S and R Cars Showroom at Industrial area.
On March 13, Rs4.75 in cash was stolen from cash counter of the showroom using duplicate keys. The locks were found open the next morning when the employees arrived to resume the work. The police have questioned around 40 people during the investigation and the investigations are on told the investigating officer.