Miscreants decamped with valuables worth Rs 1.5 lakh from a contractor’s house at Rachna Nagar under Govindpura police station area on Thursday.
According to the police, the victim Gaurav Vishwakarma had to undergo an operation due to which he along with his family had gone to Mumbai. After the operation, when they returned home, found found that the house was ransacked. Police have confirmed that the miscreants have targeted the house after finding its vacant status and it is possible that they were aware of the day of return of the victim and his family. The victim told that the almirah kept in the bed room were targeted and the locks were broken to take the valuables from the almirah.
In his complaint, the victim has claimed that gold jewelry worth Rs 1.5 lakh along with Rs 12000 cash were taken in the burglary. Police have started further investigation into the matter and have confirmed that the locals and neighbours would be questioned. Meanwhile valuables worth Rs 50,000 were burgled from Kusum Housing society under Bagh Sewania police station area on December 24.
According to the police Manoj Raghuvanshi who is a teacher with Mount Carmel school had gone to his native place Betul on December 24 and on his return on January 1 he found that the house was ransacked and valuables were missing. The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.