Thieves broke into a builder’s house in Malleswaram on Tuesday night and decamped with gold and diamond ornaments worth Rs 20 lakh.
According to Malleswaram police, Kumar, a builder, and his wife Anitha Kumari, were away at their relative’s place in V V Puram to attend a birthday function. When they returned home around 9.30 pm, the house was in a mess. They found the back door broken and jewellery missing from the cupboard.
The miscreants made away with 440-gram gold ornaments along with a diamond necklace and a pair of diamond earrings. A case has been registered at the Malleswaram police station.
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