Miscreants targeted a house at Nizamuddin Colony and escaped with valuables worth Rs 50000 on Saturday; Piplani police have started investigation.
Police said that the victim Shahnawaz Khan along with his family had gone to visit his relative and when they returned on Saturday they found that the valuables were missing.
A complaint was made by the victim with the Piplani police and in the complaint the victim had claimed that on his return he found that the locks were broken and on entering the house was found ransacked.
Gold jewelry and other valuables worth Rs 50000 were found missing claimed the victim. In the burglary the almirah which was having the valuables was targeted and the other valuables were not disturbed. The lock of the almirah was found broken and the cash and gold jewelry were found burgled.The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Neighbors expressed ignorance over any kind of noise related to breaking of the locks and have not spotted any strangers in the area in the past few days.
The domestic help and security guard would be quizzed in the further investigation.The burglary was committed in a short period of time which suggests that the miscreants were aware of the whereabouts of the victim.
Based on the complaint police have started investigation and habitual offenders of the area have been detained and would be quizzed.