Masked burglars strike at ex-railway employee’s house

CHENNAI: Two masked

burglars broke into the house

of a retired railway employee and made away with at least five sovereigns of gold

chain

and Rs 5,000. The chain was snatched from a 92-year-old woman sleeping alone at the third floor of her house, while her family members were sleeping at the first and second floor at the same house. Rs 5,000 in cash were taken from the safe.

When the started moving down to the first floor in search of more valuables, inmates raised an alarm. The burglars aborted their bid and fled the spot with the booty.

Based on a complaint of the

retired railway staff Hari Krishnan

, 62, the Ayanavaram police registered a case and launched a hunt for the suspects. Hari Krishnan stayed at one of the rooms on the first floor, while his mother Annammal, 92, continued to stay on the third floor after the demise of her husband Ramasamy a decade ago.

During inquiry, Hari Krishnan told police that the two burglars were wearing masks to cover up their faces. Police suspected that the burglars may have known to the family and that was the reason, they have used masks. Police personnel have collected CCTV footages from some of the nearby apartments and shops to trace the suspects.