Sunday, March 22, 2020

Gold worth ₹17L stolen from house of collector

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Thanjavur:22.03.2020

Unidentified miscreants broke into the house of Cuddalore collector V Anbuselvan at his native village near Peravurani taluk in Thanjavur district and decamped with gold jewellery worth about ₹17 lakh on Friday. The incident came to light only on Saturday and police are investigating.

According to police, Anbuselvan is a native of Nadiyam village and has been residing at the collector's camp office in Cuddalore along with his family. He had hired Selvam, 62, a native of the village, to guard his house during the night. On Friday night, Selvam was near the front gate when some miscreants managed to break open the back door and get inside. They looted gold jewellery weighing about 55 sovereigns from a bureau in the bedroom. Before stealing the valuables, the burglars damaged five CCTV cameras fixed in and around the house as well as the recorder and dumped them in the water tub in the backyard, police said. Selvam noticed the robbery on Saturday morning and subsequently informed the police. Pattukottai deputy superintendent of police Subramanian and Sethubavachathiram inspector V Annathurai along with their police team rushed to the spot and conducted an inquiry.

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