Gold stolen from techie’s house

Sources said, Ram Prabhu (26), a techie at a private firm in Guindy was living with wife Lakshmi (23) and their one-year-old child on Fifth Street in Venkateshwara Nagar, Velachery. 

On Saturday night, the family went for a movie at a theatre in Kumaran Nagar, Madipakkam. When they returned home around 1.30 am, they did not notice anything amiss with the cupboard in the bedroom. However, in the morning, they found the steel cupboard displaced and 30 sovereigns of gold jewellery kept inside missing. 

“It was a light weight steel cupboard. The burglar could have jumped into the balcony and climbed on to the sun-shade. He could have opened the window and pulled the cupboard close using a string. Since it was steel, the cupboard would have moved smoothly without making any noise. The keys for the locker were kept on top of the cupboard, which made it easy for the thieves to take away the jewellery,” Joachim Jerry, Inspector of Police (crime) said. 

Based on a complaint from Ram Prabhu, the police registered a case and are investigating to identify and arrest the burglar. 

The city police arrested a man, who stole the wallet of a share-auto driver at NSC Bose Road on Saturday. According to police, Kumar (31) from Kodungaiyur was sleeping inside his vehicle in near a hotel on the side of NSC Bose road. When he woke up, Kumar realised had somebody had stolen his wallet that contained Rs 385 in cash besides several documents such as his driver’s license and votes identity card. 

While Kumar was alerting passers-by and looking for his wallet, a man started running away from the spot. The public caught him and handed him over to the Esplanade police. The officials identified him as Surya (21) from Minjur, Athipattu. Inquiries revealed that there was another petty case registered against him in Washermanpet police station.

Based on a complaint from Kumar, the police registered a case on Surya and arrested him. They also recovered the wallet, including the cash and handed it over to Kumar.