Valuables, cash stolen from BJP MLA's house

AKOLA: Robbers decamped with valuables and cash from the residence of BJP legislator Narayanrao Gawhankar here, police said on Monday.

The house at Vijay Housing Colony along the Gorkshan Road was locked as the MLA from Balapur was in Mumbai for Assembly session while his family members and relatives had gone out of town.

The theft was noticed following the return of family members at around 10 pm last night.

Total amount of the stolen valuables, which included jewellery, was being ascertained, police said, adding a probe was on but no arrest has been made so far.