BENGALURU: Unidentified miscreants broke into the house of a timber merchant and decamped with gold and other valuables worth over Rs 10 lakhs. The incident was reported in the house of Shivakumar, a resident of Avalahalli in Byatarayanapura police station limits.
According to the police, Mr. Shivakumar and his family members had gone to Tirupati on Friday evening. When they returned on Monday morning, they were shocked to find the house ransacked.
“The miscreants gained entry into the house by breaking open the window grills. They have decamped with over 250 grams of gold jewels, silver articles and Rs 1.5 lakh cash. We have launched a probe into the case following a complaint by Mr. Shivakumar. We are verifying the CCTV footage captured in the locality. We do not rule out the role of known persons in the burglary,” the police said. A case was registered in Byatarayanapura police station in this connection.
