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.
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.