3 lakh stolen from retired employee’s house, 2 lakh cash and jewelery were kept in cupboard
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Janjgir-Champa. Lakhs of rupees were stolen from the house of a retired electricity worker in the district on late Monday night. The accused have made away with gold and silver jewelery worth Rs 1 lakh and goods worth Rs 3 lakh including cash of Rs 2 lakh. The case pertains to Naila Chowki area.
According to the information, there is a house of retired electricity employee Maya Ram Gautam in Kapan village. On Monday night, the family members went to sleep in their respective rooms after having dinner. Between 1 to 1.30 am, unknown thieves entered the house by breaking the back door. The thieves also drank liquor while sitting in the hall, which the family members did not even know about. After this he locked all the rooms from outside.
Maya Ram’s son Amir Singh Gautam was sleeping with his wife and children in the room where the almirah was kept. Here the thieves took out the cupboard kept in the room. Husband-wife and children sleeping in the room did not even get a clue of this. After this, the thieves also locked the door of that room from outside. The thieves fled from the spot with Rs 2 lakh in cash and gold and silver jewelery worth Rs one lakh kept in the cupboard.