House of Retired Superintendent of Forest Department was burgled on Sunday morning and gold ornaments worth `1.5 lakh along with `1.15 lakh in cash were taken from Arera Colony under Habibganj police station area.
According to the police the victim Mohanlal Doodhani had gone for morning walk at around 7 am and when he returned after an hour on entering the house he found that the house was ransacked.
The victim Mohanlal Doodhani told The Pioneer that at the entrance there is only one door which was locked when they went for morning walk. The miscreants used duplicate keys to enter the house and on entering the house the keys of the almirah which were kept inside the house were used by the miscreants.
The use of duplicate keys is a matter of investigation told the police. A complaint was lodged by the victim with the Habibganj police and after preliminary investigation a case under section 454 and 380 of the IPC was registered.