House burgled; jewellery, cash stolen in Ludhiana

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 1

A house was burgled, an elderly woman was duped and her gold bangles stolen by car-borne women and an Activa scooter was stolen at different places in the city.

Thieves entered into a house in Indra Nagar Colony in Model Town, locked the lone woman present there in bathroom, broke open almirah locks and fled with jewellery and cash on Thursday.

Owner of the house Ashwani Kumar reported to police that he had gone to his shop on Gill Road along with the domestic help and his wife was alone in the house. In the afternoon two unidentified persons entered the house and after locking his wife in bathroom, they took away two gold bracelets, gold chain, gold locket, gold jewellery set, five pairs of earrings, diamond jewellery set and Rs 2.5 lakh.

The police have registered a case under Sections 380 and 354 of the IPC.

Woman cheated out of gold bangles

A woman, Shubh Kanta Jain (76), was cheated out of her gold bangles by three car-borne women thugs in Sector 39, Moti Nagar, on Thursday morning.

The victim told the police that she was going to a school on a scooter with her son. On the way, driver of a Swift car waved her to stop saying women sitting in the car want to talk to her. “When I went close to the car, the women asked me something but I replied that I do not know you and came back. My son pointed out that my gold bangles are missing and in the meanwhile the women drove away,” she said. The police have registered a case under Section 379 of the IPC.

Scooter stolen

An Activa scooter (PB-10FT-9281) was reportedly stolen from outside Tehsil Complex in Sahnewal. Munshi Singh, resident of Jandiali, lodged a complaint with the police that he had parked his scooter duly locked in the morning but when he came back later in the day the scooter was missing.

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