Two flats broken into in Pune, jewellery worth Rs 2.75 lakh stolen at Loni Kalbhor

A series of burglaries in Pune city and surrounding areas shows no sign of stopping. Thieves have again targeted locked homes, with two such incidents reported from Rasta Peth and Loni Kalbhor. In both places, they broke the lock of a closed house, entered and made off with valuables worth more than a lakh of rupees. Cases have been registered at Samarth police station and Loni Kalbhor police station respectively.

The first incident occurred in the Padamji Park area of Rasta Peth. A flat in Sitamahal Society there was locked. Unidentified thieves broke the lock, entered and took gold and silver jewellery kept in a cupboard. The jewellery is valued at Rs 28,000.

A 39-year-old woman lodged a complaint at Samarth police station. Based on it, Samarth police have registered a case against unidentified thieves. Assistant Sub-Inspector Santosh Pagar is investigating the case in detail.

The second incident took place at Mhatobachi Alandi, within the limits of Loni Kalbhor police station. The house of a 67-year-old senior citizen living in the Shitaladevi Nagar area was locked, and the thieves targeted precisely that house. They broke the lock, entered, ransacked the cupboard and stole gold and silver jewellery belonging to the senior citizen's wife. The jewellery is worth Rs 2.75 lakh.

The theft came to light in the morning and caused a stir in the area. The senior citizen then filed a complaint at Loni Kalbhor police station. Sub-Inspector Yogesh Paithane is investigating the burglary further.

With closed houses broken into one after another in Rasta Peth and Loni Kalbhor, an atmosphere of fear prevails in Pune. Jewellery worth Rs 28,000 was taken in the first incident and worth Rs 2.75 lakh in the second. In both places, the thieves broke the lock, entered and went for the jewellery in the cupboards. Police are searching for the thieves in both cases.