A police officer from Thane commissionerate, requesting anonymity, said, "People are busy with the household work as it's festive season, but at the same time they should check their locks and also alert their neighbors to keep an eye on the visitors."
On the first day of immersion of two burglaries have been registered at Ulhasnagar and Dombivli. In the two incidents, gold worth Rs4.23 lakh have been reportedly stolen and the families have registered a case with the police of their jusrisdiction.
In the first incident, Kaustub Mane (name changed), a 54-year-old resident of Suresh Patil building in Tilaknagar at Dombivli, had stepped out of the house around 1.45pm to offer prayers in a nearby pandal. The police said between 1.45pm and 3pm, the thief entered the house and unlocked the door with a duplicate key. The thief stole jewellery worth Rs3.51 lakh. When Mane returned, he saw that the door was open and things inside the cupboard were scattered on the floor. After inquiring with the neighbors Mane lodged a compliant with the Tilaknagar police station in Dombivli. A case has been registered under sections 454 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment) and 380 (theft in dwelling house, etc) of the Indian Penal Code.
The second incident happened in late evening at a teacher's house in Ulhasnagar. Victim Lali Shetty (name changed) stays in No4 of Vitthalwadi and was visiting a nearby Ganesh pandal, while his son aged 6 was sleeping at home when an unknown person entered the house and stole jewellery worth Rs72,500. A complaint has been lodged with the Vitthalwadi police station under sections 457 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment), 454 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment) and 380 (theft in dwelling house, etc) of the Indian Penal Code.
A police officer from Thane commissionerate, requesting anonymity, said, "People are busy with the household work as it's festive season, but at the same time they should check their locks and also alert their neighbors to keep an eye on the visitors."
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