Mumbai: Thieves break into 9 houses at Bhandup in one night

Another incident in a series of house breaking in one night has been reported in Bhandup. On Sunday thieves broke into at least nine houses and from two of them they managed to flee with laptops and gold ornaments. This is second such incident that took place within the span of seven days. On May 9, thieves had broke into 15 houses in Kanjur Marg. 

According to the police, the theft took place between 2.30 am and 4 am on Sunday in Konkan Nagar and Tembi Pada areas of Bhandup (W). "Out of nine houses, eight families were out of city for vacations, while owner of the ninth house was away at job when the incident occurred. When he returned home, he learnt about the theft and informed police that two laptops were stolen from his home. Gold ornaments were stolen from other house. Thieves could not find anything from the remaining seven houses," said a police officer. 

He added, all the houses which has been ransacked have their main door locks broken. Efforts are on to nab them. We have made two teams to probe the case," said senior police inspector Shripad Kale. 

The police have registered case against the unknown person under section 457(lurking house-trespass or house breaking by night in order in order to commit offence) and 380 (whosoever commit theft in any building, tent or vessel) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).