Miscreants decamped with valuables worth Rs 5 lakh from Vallabh Nagar under Koh-e-Fiza police station area on Tuesday.
Police said the incident took place at the house of one Jitendra Singh, who worked as manager with the Punjab National Bank, when he had gone for work and his children to school. The incident came to light when the children came home from school. They informed their parents after which they again informed to police.
A complaint was lodged with the police and the victim claimed that gold jewellery along with cash were found missing from an almirah which was targeted by the miscreants.
The victim further claimed that the burglary took place within a short span of time which suggested that miscreants were aware of the whereabouts of the family and burgled the valuables when all the family members were out for their respective work.
He along with his wife left the house at around 10 am and when his children returned at around 1 pm and they found that the locks were broken.
Footages of the CCTV cameras installed in the nearby areas would be searched and the neighbours would be questioned as no one from the vicinity complaint regarding any kind of noise of breaking locks and presence of strangers in the area during the time of incident, said the police.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case and have started further investigation.