101 sovereigns gold stolen from businessman’s house

Coimbatore: Unidentified people have broken into the house of a businessman at Velavan Nagar extension near Maniyakarampalayam here and made away with gold ornaments weighing 101 sovereigns.
The Saravanampatti police said the burglars had struck at the house of K Dhinakaran, 44, on Maniyakarampalayam Road when he was away at Tiruchendur temple to offer prayers along with his wife Ishwarya, 34, son Akshayakeerthan, 16, and daughter Anu Roopa, 14. “He is into steel business at Vellakinar near Thudiyalur.”
According to a police officer, Dhinakaran had locked his house on Sunday afternoon and went to Tiruchendur temple along with his family members.
“When he returned home on Monday evening, he found the lock of the first-floor door was broken open and gold ornaments weighing 101 sovereigns were missing from the steel locker on the ground floor. The burglars had left behind another 30 sovereigns gold.”
The officer said while the burglars had repositioned CCTV cameras in order not to get their images captured, their efforts had gone in vain. “Their images were recorded on the CCTV cameras. They had sprinkled red chilli powder at the crime scene as well to prevent sniffer dogs from tracing them.”
Dhinakaran alerted Saravanampatti police inspector Kandasamy, who visited the crime scene along with his team and collected the CCTV footage. Forensic experts have lifted two fingerprints from the crime scene.
Dhinakaran lodged a formal complaint with the Saravanampatti police on Tuesday morning and they have registered a case against two unknown burglars and formed four special teams to nab them.