PUNE: Four men broke into a house in Shriya society, near Sagar colony in Bavdhan, between 1.30am and 1.45am on Friday and stole Rs2 lakh in cash.
The flat had been locked for the past six months. Though the burglars had blackened the nine CCTV cameras in the society, footage retrieved by the police showed that they arrived in a Hyundai Santro car.
Police said the family that owns the two-bedroom flat has relocated to Germany. “Six months ago, the flat owner had come to Pune following a death in the family. It has since remained closed. Laxman Koli, the caretaker of the flat, has registered a complaint,” an officer from the Hinjewadi police said.
The burglary was discovered early on Friday when a resident on the third floor was not able to open his front door. ““He called our watchman to open the door. When he came out, he saw two nearby flats were locked from outside and the lock of one flat was broken,” Rahul Kamble, a resident, told TOI.
The house was found ransacked; the police and caretaker were immediately alerted.
“I contacted the owner, who said he kept Rs2 lakh in a bag inside a cupboard. We found that bag, but the cash missing,” Koli told TOI.
“We have 12 CCTV cameras installed in our society. We found nine of them blackened and one broken,” Kamble said.
The society retrieved footage from the three other cameras. “Four men arrived around 1.30am in a car. They scaled the wall of the neighbouring society and entered our compound,” Kamble said. The men were masked and wearing jackets.
Another resident said, ““One resident busy in office work had heard some noise, but paid no heed,” he said.
The society’s watchman locked the main gate around 11pm. “I sat outside till midnight and then went to sleep,” the watchman said.
A police officer said the car used by the burglars was reported stolen in Chikhali. He said that the same car was spotted at a society. “They made an unsuccessful attempt of burglary in that society,” he said.
