Miscreants targeted bungalow of a retired Chief Engineer in Professor Colony and escaped with valuables worth Rs 31 lakh on Monday.
The victim lives in an area which is a high security area of the state capital. This bungalow of retired Chief Engineer MM Khan, is just 100 meters away from the bungalow of Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar. The thieves committed the crime within just 45 minutes on Monday night.
Thieves made away with goods worth Rs 31 lakh including gold and silver jewelery from an abandoned bungalow in the high security area. At the time of the incident, the retired chief engineer along with his family had gone to attend a relative's wedding.
It was found that 10 days ago, the family had taken out the jewelery from the bank locker and brought it home. Police have registered a case of burglary and started an investigation.
The bungalow of MM Khan, retired Chief Engineer from PHE,
According to the information, MM Khan is a retired Chief Engineer from the PHE department and lives in Professor Colony.
On Monday night at around 9 pm, he along with his family had gone to a relative's wedding ceremony organized at the Marriage Garden in Lalghati. He returned from here at around 10 pm. On returning he found that the lock of the cupboard inside the house was broken and the cash and jewelery kept in the locker had been stolen. He informed the police.
Khan's wife Talat Khan said that it was the wedding of her close relative. Therefore, her daughter and she had taken out the jewelery from the bank locker about 10 days ago. She had kept the jewelery in the cupboard located in the bedroom of the house. In the burglary around Rs 1.5 lakh cash was also burgled. According to Talat, the value of the stolen jewelery is around Rs 30 lakh.
TI Ram Vilas Singh Vimal told that there are no CCTV cameras installed in MM Khan's house. Nearby footage is being scrutinized. At present, no clue has been found about the accused. The accused had entered the house by breaking the lock of the channel gate.
Police said that while leaving, the complainant locked the main gate of the house but left the key in the lock. Some unknown miscreant caught sight of his lock. Taking advantage committed theft.