Gold jewelleries worth over `70 lakh have been stolen from a jeweller’s house at Titilagarh in Balangir district.
“I had gone to Raipur on January 4. When I returned, I found property including two kg of gold biscuits and 200 grams of jewellery worth of `70 lakh, `3.5 lakh of cash and a licensed pistol were stolen,” said house owner Ramlal Jain at a Press meet here on Saturday.
“We are suspecting involvement of one of our relatives, who used to visit our house regularly. We have submitted a CCTV footage, in which he was seen,” he added.
The family members threatened to commit suicide if police fail to arrest the culprit and recover the money within seven days.
Balangir SP Dr Deepak Kumar said, “We have collected fingerprints from the spot and sent them for examination. The suspected person in the case will be sent for polygraph test shortly.”