Burglars broke into the locked house of a retired bank officer in Raipur and decamped with cash and ornaments totalling around Rs10 lakh.
The incident took place on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday in Aman Nagar locality falling under limits of Pandri police station, police said.
The burglery came to light on Saturday morning when the victim identified as Suresh Sarvaiya returned to the city and found lock of his house broken following which he rushed to police and lodged a complaint in this regard, police said, elaborating that the victim was out of the city to attend some family engagement.
“The burglars made away with cash worth Rs5 lakh and ornaments to the tune of around Rs5 lakh,” added police sources.
“After being informed about the incident, police and sleuths of Central Crime Branch (CCB) rushed to the spot to launch investigation at crime scene. To identity burglars, police have also started efforts to collect footage of CCTV installed at the building in the vicinity,” averred police sources.
In this connection, police have registered a case under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and launched a hunt for burglars, added police.c