Valuables worth lakhs stolen in Katara Hills area

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As many as eight miscreants went on multiple burglaries in which three houses were burgled and four others were attempted for burglary at Katara Hills in the wee hours on Sunday. Valuables worth lakhs of rupees were taken away in the mass burglary.

According to the police at around 2 am while patrolling, one of the victims informed the police about the burglary. After which the nearby residents were told to be alert which revealed a series of burglaries committed in the area. Surprisingly when the police personnel were busy in alerting the residents the miscreants were busy with burglaries in the area.

The residents were infuriated by the negligent police patrolling as two weeks ago three houses were burgled. The Station House Officer of Bagh Sewania police station Dinesh Joshi was on night patrolling.

When the residents of 240 MIG Deluxe were alerted about the thefts in the vicinity then only the owner of the house came to know about the burglary. The victim lipika Rai claimed that gold ornaments worth Rs 80, 000 and Rs 14, 0000 in cash were taken away. Rai’s grand daughter Sonali who studies in Delhi was present at the time of burglary. The miscreants took Sonali’s mobile phone removed the battery and memory card and left the mobile phone.

Her daughter Suparna Saxena who lives in the next apartment told that the miscreants might have used something as they eat in the house and took the mobile phone kept below victim’s pillow. Suparna’s husband Manoj Saxena told that miscreants have done something to the stray dogs and the pet dogs as not a single dog barked during the 3-4 hour long burglary incident.

Sohan Chintamani resident of 207 Junior HIG was lucky that he woke up due to the noise made by the miscreants  and raised alarm which forced them to escape but still they managed to took his mobile phone. He claimed that he saw as many as 8 miscreants escaping the society.

House number 207 Jr HIG where Tom Nyagarama resides was also burgled. Tom is pursuing MBA from Vivekanand Institute of Professional studies and was supposed to deposit his fee of Rs 20, 000. His fee was taken by the miscreants and they also drank alcohol and snacks at Tom’s house.

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