Thieves decamp with jewellery worth over Rs20L

Amritsar, November 20

Some unidentified persons decamped with gold ornaments from a house in posh Ranjit Avenue area here on Friday.

Daljit Singh Bhullar, a retired assistant commissioner, Local Bodies Department, told the police that unidentified persons broke the grills of the house and entered and fled with gold jewellery worth over Rs20 lakh. The police have registered a case in this regard while CCTV cameras were being scanned to find some clues about the suspects, said ASI Puran Singh, investigating officer in the case. Bhullar said he along with his family had gone to Chandigarh for shopping as his daughter was to get married. The accused were two in number. They searched the entire house for one-and-a-half hours. He along with his wife and daughter lived in the house while his son lives in the US.

The police said following preliminary probe, the role of an insider could not be ruled out. ASI Puran Singh said Bhullar’s daughter’s marriage was scheduled to be held in January and the family was preparing for it. He said it appears the thieves knew about every place of the house. — TNS

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