PUNE: Unidentified men broke into a house and a shop at Vinodenagar near Hinjewadi in the early hours of Sunday and made off with gold ornaments and cash collectively worth Rs8.4 lakh.
The suspects broke the locks of the house and entered the shop by digging a hole, police said. Rajendra Vinode (49) lodged an FIR with the Hinjewadi police.
Rajendra Bhavari, sub-inspector, Hinjewadi police, said that the complainant’s house was locked. In the early hours of Sunday some unknown person(s) broke the locks of the house and made off with gold ornaments and cash, collectively worth Rs8.2 lakh, the officer said.
He said that the suspects also broke into a grocery store nearby and stole cosmetics worth Rs 15,000 and cash Rs 4,000. “The suspects dug up a hole behind shop,” the officer said.
The Hinjewadi police are checking CCTV footages from other establishments to ascertain the identities of the suspects.