Burglars on Friday decamped with valuables worth Rs 2 lakh along with Rs 30,000 cash from the flat of retired High Court Judge, Justice Vikramaditya Prasad by breaking the lock of his door at Neelkanth Apartment in Morhabadi under lalpur Police Station in Ranchi. The burglars barged into the locked flat between 7 am to 2 pm, while the judge along with his wife was away to Delhi to attend a function.
“Yes an incident of theft has occurred at flat no 45 of Neelkanth Apartment while it was locked from outside and the owner of the flat, Justice Vikramaditya Prasad, was in Delhi,” said Officer in Charge of lalpur Police Station. An FIR has been lodged by his daughter Madhu Smita who lives right in front of the judge’s flat and had been taking care of it, he added.
The burglars, according to the FIR lodged by Smita, entered into the flat when she had gone to her school after locking the door of the flat. Smita is a teacher at Sai International School at Bariatu Raod.
“When I returned from the School, I found the lock of my father’s flat was broken. After entering the flat, I further saw that the safe was also busted by someone and things were scattered here and there on the bed while the ornaments were missing from there,” stated Smita in the FIR.
When she contacted her parents in Delhi, they said that there was a golden chain, a diamond ring, a pearl locket, six golden earrings, three golden rings, one diamond earring and one diamond locket in the safe amounting Rs 2 lakh.
The Police coming into action immediately, have started investigating into the matter, but was yet to arrest anyone in this regard. “We have started investigations but no arresting has been made so far in this case,” said lalpur OC.