Miscreants escaped with valuables worth over Rs 15 lakh from CTO Bairagarh while victim had gone Mumbai for work; victim’s wife reported incident on Tuesday late in the evening after she returned.
The victim Ashwin Singh Chouhan had gone to Mumbai for work on December 11 while his wife has gone to her parents house in Lambakheda and when she returned in the evening on Tuesday house was found ransacked.
Police said that victim reported incident to police and in complaint she stated that Ashwin had gone for some work in Mumbai while she had gone to her parents on December 11 and when she returned in the evening on Tuesday she found that locks were broken and door was open. On entering house was found ransacked.
In the burglary around Rs 22000 cash was burgled while remaining were gold and silver jewelry and total loss would be over Rs 15 lakh.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC and started further investigation.
Police suspects that the burglars were aware regarding the whereabouts of the family and committed the burglary when the family was away. The security guards and domestic help would be questioned and CCTV footage would be checked to establish the identity of accused.