The Silk City witnessed yet another incident of burglary during daytime in the span of a week on Sunday.This time the victim was an official of Indian Army, P Dilleshu Patra, a resident of lakshminarayan Nagar of the Ankuli industrial area under the Baidyanathpur police station in the outskirts of the city.
Taking advantage of the absence of his family members at home, the burglars broke the window grill and entered the house and looted properties worth lakhs of rupees including golden ornaments, 50 tolas of silver, cash of Rs 20,000 and valuable household articles. The criminals ransacked the entire house between 12 noon and 2 pm, sources revealed.
Patra’s family members had locked the house and gone to attend a function of a relative. On return to home, they found that all their assets were looted.
Such repeated and rising incidents of burglary and looting in a daredevil manner in broad daylight have posed a serious challenge to the city police.