Valuables worth Rs.4.20 lakhs including a
diamond necklace, gold jewels weighing 20.5 sovereigns, 250 g of silver
articles and a cell phone were stolen from a locked house in Saleem Nagar in
Keezhvisharam in Arcot Town Police Station limits on Tuesday night.
According
to the police, Mohammed Basha, a professor in a private engineering college in
Melvisharam locked the house and went to Bangalore with his family members on
Tuesday afternoon to see the wife of his friend who had been admitted to a
hospital.
When he
returned home in the early hours of Wednesday, he found the lock of the main
door broken open. The valuables kept in the cupboard were missing. On his
complaint, the Arcot Town Police registered a case. Subbiah, Inspector of Arcot
Town Police Station is investigating the case.
Source: THE HINDU