Theft at Medical College Professor's house, Valuables worth Rs 47 lakh missing
Mumbai: A 46-year-old Professor at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College in Sion has lodged a complaint with the Mumbai police after gold and diamond ornaments worth Rs 47 lakh were stolen from his bungalow. The police have registered a case and are reviewing CCTV footage from the area to identify the suspects.
The Mumbai police have launched a probe after valuables worth Rs 47 lakh were stolen from the bungalow of a professor from a civic-run medical college, an official said on Saturday.
According to the PTI report, The bungalow in the Malad area in the western suburbs was burgled a few days ago, said the official from Dindoshi police station.
The 46-year-old complainant is a professor at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College in Sion, while her husband is an engineer, he said.
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One morning, the family found their back door broken and their wardrobes ransacked. The professor then checked her cupboard and discovered that gold and diamond ornaments worth Rs 47 lakh, belonging to her mother-in-law and her father-in-law’s aunt, were missing, reports PTI.
The police are going through the CCTV footage from the area and working on other inputs to track down those involved in the burglary, the official added.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that in a recent robbery, the house of a 46-year-old senior doctor and professor at KEM Hospital in Parel became the treasure hunt plot for some unidentified thieves. The burglars broke into the unoccupied house and allegedly looted US dollars amounting to Rs 12 lakh in Indian currency, along with gold and silver ornaments. The robbery took place when the doctor and his family were away for work from their home which is situated within the hospital premises. This provided an opportunity for the thieves to steal valuable items.
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