Rise in house break-ins at Vadavalli worries cops

Coimbatore: Two burglaries were reported at Vadavalli police station on Monday. With this, the number of burglaries reported in Vadavalli has gone up to five in the past seven days in a major concern for police officials.
In one of the incidents, unidentified person(s) broke into the house of 44-year-old Nelson at Arunachalam Nagar and made away with Rs 70,000, laptop and digital video recorder of CCTV camera.
A police officer said Nelson, an engineer with a private firm, had gone to Coonoor after locking his house on June 9 to perform his father-in-law’s last rights. “On Sunday, his neighbour Wilson informed him that the front door of the house was found to be open. Nelson returned on Monday morning to find valuables missing from the house.”
Nelson lodged a complaint with the Vadavalli police, who visited the crime scene and lifted fingerprints. Police have registered a case and further investigations are on.
In the second incident, unidentified person(s) broke into the house of 45-year-old Manikandan at Navavoor Pirivu and decamped with Rs 7,000 and 3kg silver. The police officer said Manikandan, headmaster of a private school, was away at his farmhouse at Pollachi for the past two months because of the pandemic situation. “He returned home on Monday to find his front door broken open and cash and silver missing. He has lodged a complaint with us and we have registered a case and launched a probe.”