Coming close on the heels of the murder cum armed burglary case reported from Balawala that is still rankling in police for it remaining unable to crack it, another incident of burglary was reported from Bakralwala under Kotwali police station area on Monday. Criminals barged into the house of one Ramesh here on Sunday night and decamped with ornaments and cash worth lakhs.
Taking cognisance of this, a case under Section 379 of IPC was registered in Kotwali Police Station on Monday. Dhara Chowki police said that in his written complaint, Ramesh stated that criminals had forced their entry in his residence on Sunday night while the family members were fast asleep. One of them, a female member, saw some persons fleeing their home. She, however, dared not raise alarm because of fear. Only after the burglars fled she informed others about what had happened. It was found that cash worth of Rs 14,700 was missing apart from gold ornaments worth lakh.
Kotwali Police Station in-charge SS Bisht said teams headed by Arun Tyagi have been formed and they are deployed at various places to nab the criminals. The theft might have been committed by persons known to the family, police sources said.