A sum of Rs1.5 lakh was taken away by the miscreants from a confectionery shop at Naveen Nagar under Aishbagh police station area late night on Sunday.
According to the police, on Monday morning when the owner of Ganesh Namkeen Centre, Rambali Morya went to open his shop he was shocked to found that the shop was ransacked.
In the complaint, the victim has claimed that as on Sunday the cash could not be deposited in the bank, therefpre around Rs1.5 lakh in cash was kept in the shop and at around 8.30 pm before leaving the shop it was locked properly but when he returned on the next morning the locks of the shutter were found intact but the shutter panel was removed to enter the shop.
When the victim entered the shop he found that the cash kept inside the shop was missing.
Some goods were also found missing but the victim was not aware of the exact loss.
Aishbagh police were informed and after preliminary investigation a case was registered against unidentified miscreants.
Police said that to avoid making sound instead of breaking locks the miscreants opted for removing of shutter panel which made an easy break in and escape for the miscreants.
Employees working for the victim would be questioned as the police suspects that some insider has provided the information or is directly involved in the burglary. Footage of CCTV cameras of the nearby areas would be searched to investigate into the burglary case.
The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.