Chennai: A day after more than 150 sovereigns of gold jewels were stolen from various locations in Chennai and Kancheepuram, miscreants entered two houses in Greater Chennai and robbed nearly 100 sovereigns of gold jewels on Thursday night.
In one of the incidents, robbers entered the house of Pattu Varadhan (60), a retired government employee, by breaking the windows in Injambakkam in Neelangarai.
“The robbers entered the house on Thursday evening when Pattu Varadhan and his wife Vijaya had gone outside,” police said. When the elderly couple returned home at night, they were shocked to see the windows and four bureaus broken. “Nearly 94 sovereigns of gold jewels were stolen from the bureaus. The burglars also took Rs 10,000 cash in the house,” police added. Based on Vijaya’s complaint, Neelangarai police have registered a case and are investigating.
In another incident in the city, burglars entered a house on Bangaru Street in Ayanavaram and stole 5 sovereigns of gold and Rs 25,000 cash. The incident came to light when house owner M. Suresh Babu (40) returned from Karnataka on Thursday night. “The locks of the door were broken as also the bureau,” police said. Based on his complaint, Ayanavaram police have registered a case and investigation is on.
Miscreants entered Nirmal Xavier’s house near Sunguvarchatram on Thursday morning and burgled 100 sovereigns of gold. Pazhavanthangal police arrested a plumber named Jagadeesan on Thursday for stealing from Balavelayutha Doss’s house in Pazhavanthangal on Thursday, and recovered 35 sovereigns from him. In another incident, 22 sovereigns of gold were stolen from the house of Iruthayaraj of Arumbakkam on Thursday.
