Mumbai: Taking advantage of people going on long vacations during summer, a group of burglars broke into 16 houses of a society in Kanjurmarg in Mumbai on Saturday and looted Rs 59,500 worth cash and jewellery. A police search for the culprits is on.
According to the police, the burglars targeted houses situated in chawls known as Ashok Nagar. All robberies happened around midnight. Senior PI Ajinath Satpute said, “One of the first complainants came to the police station around 8 am and informed us about the robbery at his place in Ashok Nagar area. When we went to his house we found that several other houses were also broken into in the same chawl and other places situated in the same area. We found 16 houses had been broken into in the same area. From 10 houses the thieves have stolen cash and some jewellery worth Rs 5,9,500. They have also tried and failed to open three houses and they didn’t get cash or gold from three other houses.”
SPI Satpute added, “We have not arrested the accused yet. Also, no one in the area heard any noise or saw any suspicious person. All the incidents took place one after the other at midnight. As there are no CCTV cameras in the area we have brought dog squads and are searching CCTV footages from nearby link areas. We are taking fingerprints from every house and outside the houses.”
Vijay Vasant Pednekar, who was the first to find his house burgled and informed the police, said, “I was out for the past five days and went to Konkan, my native place, for holidays. I came back home today morning but when I reached I found my front door open and my lock broken. I entered the house and saw that all the things were scattered inside. I lost gold and cash worth Rs 1, 82,000.”
A case has been registered with the Kanjurmarg police station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
In another case of housebreaking, burglars entered the house of one Abdul Khan in Bhandup West and stole 22 tolas of gold on Saturday.
