Multiple burglaries in Hyderabad, 62 tola gold jewellery looted

HYDERABAD: Burglars gained entry into five houses in different areas of the city and escaped with 62 tolas of gold on Monday.
The first incident took place at soft skills’ trainer B Prasad’s house at Indranagar in Jeedimetla. According to the police, Prasad along with his family members went to his native place, Proddutur, a week ago to attend a funeral.When the family returned on Monday morning, they found the main door lock broken. “The burglars succeeded in opening the iron safe in the bedroom and escaped with 12 tolas of gold,” Jeedimetla inspector A Sanjeeva Rao said.
In another incident, burglars entered four flats on the third floor of Dolphin Estates apartment in Miyapur on Monday morning and escaped with 50 tolas of gold and silver jewellery.
Deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Madhapur, T Yoganand, who visited the spot, said that there are nine flats on the third floor of Dolphin Estates and five of them were locked as the inmates had either gone for work or were on vacation. “Burglars broke the main door locks of four flats and stole valuables from these houses,” the DCP said.
Miyapur inspector A Sudheer Kumar said 30 tolas of gold were stolen from Deloitte employee Chandrabhan’s flat and seven tolas went missing from Western Solutions employee Srinivas’ flat. “The flats of Rajshri Roy and Lavanya were also burgled, but as they are still out of station, we are yet to know the loss of property. We suspect that the loss of property will be around 50 tolas,” the inspector added.
Clues team visited the spot and collected fingerprints. In both the incidents, police have booked burglary cases and started an investigation.