Theft in house in Ludhiana; cash, ornaments stolen

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 12

Thieves targeted the house of an insurance broker on the Hambran road and decamped with cash, ornaments worth over lakhs of rupees.

Giving information on Friday, house owner Mahesh Sahna said he is an insurance broker while his son works in a private company at Noida. To celebrate Diwali, he along with his wife had gone to his son’s place.

“After Diwali we along with our son had returned home and my son had also brought gold ornaments to keep them in a bank locker here. On November 10, we all went to Amritsar to meet our relatives. On Thursday night when we reached home, we were shocked to see the broken lock of the main door and the entire house lying ransacked,” the house owner added.

Thieves had stolen gold worth Rs 11 lakh, 1 lakh cash, including Canadian dollars, and some other valuables from the house, Mahesh said, adding that thieves did not take away two laptops lying in the house.

Mahesh said a complaint was lodged and the police initiated the process to register a case.

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