Gold and diamond jewellery, silver articles and cash worth Rs 14.8 lakh were stolen, according to a complaint filed with Gujarat University police. Ahmedabad: A family’s Dussehra visit ended with a shock after burglars broke into their locked Navrangpura flat on Tuesday.
The 56-year-old homemaker, who lives at Kartavya Flats opposite Joggers Park, told police that she locked the flat around 10am and left for her brother’s house in Satellite with her daughters for Dussehra-related religious rituals. At 5.18pm, her 27-year-old daughter called to say that the flat had been burgled. The stolen property included three 10-gram gold bars, gold bangles, diamond-studded bracelets, earrings, necklaces, chains, rings and other jewellery, according to the complaint. The complainant said Rs 20,000 in cash was missing. The silver articles alone were valued at Rs 1.5 lakh, while the gold and diamond jewellery accounted for the remaining value. Police suspect the theft took place between 10am and 5.18pm, when the flat was locked.
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