Gold Jewelry Price Round Rs 20 Lakh Looted From West Delhi Store: Police

New Delhi:

Delhi Police on Thursday registered a case towards unidentified individuals who burgled a jewelry store in West Delhi’s Najafgarh space and decamped with gold objects price round Rs 20 lakh, officers stated.

The accused entered the store from the second flooring of the constructing through the use of a gasoline cutter to chop the doorways. The incident got here to mild on Thursday morning, they stated.

Rajiv Verma (43), the proprietor of the store, acknowledged that on Wednesday round 6 pm, he put the jewelry within the locker. Later, he locked the store and went house, police stated.

On Thursday at eight.30 am, when he opened the store, he discovered stuff mendacity scattered inside. When he went upstairs, he noticed the doorways on the primary and second flooring reduce. He additionally discovered the gasoline cutter and one oxygen cylinder there, police stated.

When Mr Verma checked the locker, he discovered gold jewelry weighing 425 grams and another objects lacking. The thieves additionally took away two CCTV cameras and a digital video recorder, they stated.

A case underneath related sections has been registered and investigation is underway, a senior police officer stated.

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