VADODARA: Burglars decamped with cash and ornaments worth Rs 3.5 lakh from a house on Bil Road sometime between January 14 afternoon and Friday afternoon.
The owner of the house Arpit Patel, who works in a pharmaceutical company, had gone to his native place Gambhira village in Padra taluka along with his wife Ameysha to celebrate Uttarayan. When the couple returned home on Friday afternoon, they found the main lock of the house broken. On checking, Patel did not find anything unusual in the living room. But when he went inside the bedroom, the safe was broken and all valuables were lying scattered across the room.
Gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 3.4 lakh locked in the safe were missing. Thieves also took US $150 from the safe. Police said that the stolen US currency was equivalent to Rs 10,500. Later, Patel lodged a complaint of burglary at Manjalpur police station.