The house of a retired bank employee at Housing Board colony under Koh-e-Fiza police station was targeted by miscreants late on Sunday night and decamped with valuables worth Rs4 lakh.
According to the police, the victim Mehfooz Rehman had gone to Dhaka on March 7 and when he returned on Sunday at around 1 am in the night, he found that the house was ransacked.
Surprisingly, when the victim reached the house, the locks were intact but when he entered the house after unlocking the doors, he found that the valuables were missing.
Misreants entered the house from the terrace and used the same path to exit. Victim found that the locks and lockers of the almirah were broken.
A complaint was lodged with the Koh-e-Fiza police station by the victim. In the complaint, the victim claimed that gold and silver jewelleries worth Rs4 lakh were found missing.
Among the gold jewelry gold ear rings, gold chain, gold finger rings were burgled claimed the victim. He was not able to provide the details of the burgled jewelry and claimed that the details would be provided later.
During the investigation police found that the miscreant entered from the terrace by breaking the door of the terrace and traced the same path for escape. The neighbours of the victim have not reported any noise or heard any sound of breaking.
Police said that the victim suspects that someone acquainted to the family might have hinted the miscreants. The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.