A gold chain worth Rs 50,000 was stolen from a 52-year-old man at the Old Market area under Hanumanganj police station area on Thursday.
The victim Hardayal Singh a resident of Gairatganj was on his way to meet his relative at Teelajamalpura and on his way, his gold chain was stolen by miscreants, said police.
In his complaint, the victim has claimed that he came to city to meet his relative at Teelajamalpura and when he was at old categorised market road two miscreants approached and accompanied him for some time and later escaped and later the victim after walking for some distance he found that the gold chain he was wearing was found missing.
Based on the complaint after preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The police have not registered a case of robbery in the incident as they claimed that the gold chain was found stolen by the victim.
Police claimed that the incident is suspicious and investigation has been started into the matter.
Victim claimed that the miscreants kept hand over his shoulder and later the gold chain was found missing.
The incident took place in the evening when the victim alighted off a bus at Nadra bus stand and was on his way to visit his relative.
The consequences under which the incident took place would be investigated.
Based on the description of the miscreants provide by the victim search for the miscreants has been started.