Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Three thieves targeted two houses in a colony near Kanadiya Bypass on Friday night. In the first incident, they decamped with jewellery and a two-wheeler from the vacant homes of an IT engineer. One Abhishek Harde, an IT engineer, a resident of SP Villa, Bypass Road, lodged a complaint with Kanadiya Police stating that he is originally from Bombay and now works in Indore’s stock market while his wife is employed in a bank.
They attended a wedding from November 26 to November 29 on MR-10 and when they returned on Friday night, they found their home’s lock and window broken. While checking, they found that their wardrobe had been ransacked and items like gold earrings, a silver bowl, silver coins, Rs 5,000 in cash and an Activa scooter parked outside were stolen.
In another incident, thieves targeted a hardware trader’s house, who lives in the adjacent lane of the first complainant. Mohit Panchal lodged a complaint that he had gone to Rajasthan with his family to attend a house inauguration. When they returned on Friday night, they found that burglars had broken the window grill to enter their house and stole jewellery worth Rs 1.25 lakh and Rs 30,000 in cash.
CCTV footage revealed that the accused did a recce in more than 10 houses before entering into the two vacant ones. The police registered a case against the accused under relevant sections of BNS and began a search for them.
