A jewellery shop at Dhamawala was allegedly burgled after which the culprits decamped with ornaments worth lakhs of rupees on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
Police said that Kunj Bihari Saini, the owner, had shut down the shop at around 10 pm on Tuesday. When he reached the shop on Wednesday morning he found the lock broken, police said, adding that according to the owner, ornaments worth lakhs of rupees had disappeared.
After the owner registered a complaint at Kotwali police station, a case was registered against unidentified persons. A Kotwali police station officer said that team has been formed to investigate the case. Team members are reviewing CCTV footages to trace the culprits, he added. The scared residents of Dhamawala have meanwhile held erratic night patrolling by police responsible for the robbery.