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Gang of salwar suit-clad women decamp with items worth lakhs from house
The house belongs to joint director (health) Dr Sandeep Gulati. No one was in the house at the time of the break-in.
Armed with sharp-edged objects and metal bars and using their ‘dupatta’ or scarf to mask themselves, five salwar suit-clad women broke into a private residence in Lucknow’s Ashiana and decamped with valuables worth lakhs of rupees in the wee hours of June 7, police said.
The house belongs to joint director (health) Dr Sandeep Gulati. No one was in the house at the time of the break-in.
In a CCTV footage that has gone viral on social media, the masked women can be seen entering the house with empty bags and later leaving with bags filled.
Police, which registered a case against the incident on Thursday, were yet to identify the women and raised vigil in the area. Ashiana station in-charge Kshatrpal said the primary investigation suggested that these women collected junk items during the day, a time that they used to recce their target house.
Locals were appealed to immediately inform police if they came across any suspicious woman or man in the area.
Gulati told police that the women decamped with gold and silver jewellery and money worth lakhs of rupees.
