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Lawyer’s house burgled of ₹90,000 cash, gold jewellery in Chandigarh’s Sector 44

The robbery took place when the lawyer and his family were away for one night.

Updated on: Aug 11, 2020, 22:53:49 IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By , CHANDIGARH
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Unidentified miscreants broke into a lawyer’s house here and decamped with ₹90,000 cash, gold and silver jewellery among other valuables when the family members were away, police said.

Police have registered a case in this regard. (Representational photo)
Police have registered a case in this regard. (Representational photo)

Mukesh Kumar Bhatnagar (45) of Sector 44, who is a practising lawyer in Punjab and Haryana high court, told the police that he and his family had gone to his father’s place in Sector 47 on the night of August 8 and when they returned the next morning, they found the house broken into.

Bhatnagar said the accused robbed silver and gold jewellery worth lakhs of rupees, besides other valuables and ₹90,000 cash.

Based on his complaint, the police registered a case under sections 380 and 457 of the IPC at the Sector 34 police station.

ANOTHER THEFT IN SECTOR 8 HOUSE

A woman residing in Sector 8 has reported theft in her house. She stated in her police complaint that the accused broken into her house from a window on July 28 and stole her diamond and gold ornaments. The Sector 3 police have registered a case under sections 380 and 457 of the IPC in this regard.