Residence of a professor at Hightech city under Gandhi Nagar police station was targeted by miscreants and valuables worth Rs 1 lakh were burgled on Tuesday.
Police said that the victim Moeen Maqbul had gone to his in-laws in Nehru Nagar on Monday and when he returned on Tuesday valuables were found burgled.
The victim in his complaint stated that he along with family had gone to meet his in-laws and when he returned door was found open and locks broken. On entering the house victim found that the valuables were targeted by the miscreants.
Victim approached police and lodged a complaint. Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The victim works with private college as faculty member. The society is a covered campus and monitored round the clock. The security guards would be questioned. Boundary walls of the society are small which provides easy entry for miscreants.
After checking the valuables victim found that Rs 27000 cash and gold and silver jewelry were burgled. The total loss in the burglary is around Rs 1 lakh claimed the victim.
Police suspects that the burglars were aware regarding the whereabouts of the family and committed the burglary when the family was away. The society deploys security guards but it has no CCTV footage cameras to monitor the entry of people visiting or entry without permission.