Daijiworld Media Network - Kaup

Kaup, Dec 6: Burglars used a key kept inside a meter box to open the main door of a house and steal gold ornaments in an incident reported from Kaup on December 4. The theft occurred at Ramanath Kripa in Mallaru village of Kaup, where gold and silver ornaments worth around Rs 3.90 lac were stolen.

Raghavendra Kini, who works as a housekeeper at Paduru ISPRL, had left for work on the morning of December 4, while his wife had gone to attend their children's school annual day programme.

When they returned home at around 1.10 pm, they discovered that the house had been burgled. The thieves broke open the bedroom cupboard and stole a variety of ornaments, including a 28-gram Kashitala gold necklace with diamonds, an 8-gram gold chain with diamonds, a 10-gram gold chain, 8-gram earrings, three gold rings, an 8-gram jumuki and bendole, and a Coorg-style chain made with red thread and gold beads, totalling 72 grams of gold jewellery. They also stole silver items worth Rs 1,500.

Kaup police have registered a case and are investigating the incident.