PUNE: The Sangvi police are investigating the theft of ethnic gold ornaments worth Rs9 lakh and Rs70,000 from the house of an accounts professional in a chawl. The complainant had gone to his native place for Diwali, when the burglars broke into his house.
The complainant, who did not wish to reveal his identity, said, “The stolen ornaments included 12 gold rings, five gold chains and a pair of earrings, besides the jewellery of my parents kept in my house as their cupboard lock had issues.”
The accounts professional informed that on the Laxmi Pujan day, he had taken out the ornaments and kept them back after the ‘puja’. “The following day, I locked my house and went to my native place for some days,” he said.
The complainant said on Sunday night, his sister-in-law, who is also his neighbour, informed him about the broken door and the broken cupboard. “My father noticed it (the broken door). On Monday, when I returned home, the Sangvi police had already started the investigations,” he said. When the complainant checked the cupboard, he found gold ornaments and cash, totally worth Rs 9.7 lakh, missing.
“During the last eight days, we did not notice any unknown person near our houses,” the complainant said.
Sub-inspector Bharat Gosavi of the Sangvi police station told TOI that the complainant stayed in a single-storeyed chawl block.
“We checked the CCTV cameras in the area but it did not yield any results so far. Our probe is on,” Gosavi said.
