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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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House break-ins in Saligramam, Ambattur

Staff Reporter

88 sovereigns of gold, Rs. 30,000 in cash stolen She immediately switched on lights and realised criminals entered the house and decamped with jewellery and cash

CHENNAI: Two cases of house break-ins were reported in the Chennai Metropolitan police limits late on Monday in which jewellery weighing 88 sovereigns along with Rs. 30,000 in cash was stolen.

The incidents were reported from Saligramam and Ambattur.

One of the victims, Dr. M.J. Banumathi, a resident of Vedhavalli Street, Kannabiran Colony in Saligramam, said she was alone in her house.

Around 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday, she saw someone moving around her house in a suspicious manner. She immediately switched on the lights and realised that criminals had entered her house and decamped with jewellery weighing 50 sovereigns and Rs. 20,000 in cash. The victim said normally she used to leave her bag and the main entrance key in a bureau. But on Monday night she and some of her relatives were chatting in the main hall. Before going to bed, she forgot to keep the keys and her bag safely in the bureau. She suspected that the intruders used a stick and removed the main door key from the hall and took the bureau key from her handbag. Then using the keys opened the bureau, removed the valuables and escaped.

`No case of thefts'

Dr. Banumathi said she was residing alone in the house for the past one decade. So far no cases of thefts were reported on her street.

She said during October last year a major house break-in was reported on Thiruvengadasamy street, located a couple of streets away from her house. The residents lost jewellery weighing nearly 100 sovereigns. But, the case was not yet detected, she said. The Virugambakkam police have registered a case and are investigating. The second incident was reported in Ambattur in which jewellery weighing 38 sovereigns and Rs. 10,000 in cash were stolen from the house of Ramesh, an employee of Ambattur municipality.

Police said the victim, residing in Lenin Nagar in the area, slept in the terrace, locking the house. In the absence of inmates, thieves entered his house late on Monday night and took away the valuables. The Ambattur police are investigating.

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