Nagpur, 21 Jan

(HS): In a high-stake theft at Nagpur’s Raj Nagar, thieves stole 2.4 kg

diamond-studded gold ornaments and Rs 65 lakh cash from a businessman Baljinder

Singh Inderjit Singh Nayyar (56). The gold, diamond and cash worth about Rs 3

crore were stolen on Monday night, when Baljinder Singh with family was

attending his younger son’s engagement ceremony at a farmhouse in Kalmeshwar,

about 17 km from Nagpur.

Interestingly,

the thief entered the bungalow by breaking open the window of the kitchen, used

keys kept in Baljinder’s mother’s room, opened the locker and removed the gold

ornaments, locked it again and kept the keys at the same place. The CCTV camera

footage indicated that the thief, whose face was covered, had knowledge of the

entire house. The cash was kept in Gurinder Singh’s room, which was a

collection from the family’s three petrol pumps. The thief escaped through the

same route from where he entered the house.

After entering

the premises he covered one of the CCTV cameras, which also indicate that he

had knowledge of the surveillance system.

Nayyar family

after returning at around 3 am on Tuesday, noticed the theft and immediately

informed the police. A team of police with forensic experts and a dog squad rushed

to the site. Based on CCTV footage police and fingerprints police are searching

for the thief.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar