Cash, jewellery stolen from lawyer’s house in Chandigarh

The advocate, Gaurav Sahota, is a practising lawyer at the Chandigarh district courts in Sector 43, while his wife works there as a clerk

Cash worth ₹4.20 lakh and 230 gm gold jewellery was stolen from an advocate’s house in Sector 20.

On returning home from work, the lawyer and his wife found their entire house ransacked, and ₹4.20 lakh cash, along with approximately 230 gm gold jewellery, one silver bangle and one silver glass, stolen. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The advocate, Gaurav Sahota, told the police that he was a practising lawyer at the district courts in Sector 43, while his wife worked there as a clerk.

On February 8, after returning home from work around 6.45 pm, they found their entire house ransacked, and ₹4.20 lakh cash, along with approximately 230 gm gold jewellery, one silver bangle and one silver glass, stolen.

Police said the thieves entered the house after breaking the main door’s latch. A theft and house trespass case has been registered at the Sector-19 police station.

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