A 69-year-old man from the Ambawadi area of the city on Sunday filed a complaint with Ellisbridge police alleging the burglars broke into his locked house and decamped his cash and valuables worth Rs 80000 from his house when he went to attend the last rites and post-death rituals of his elder brother in Sarkhej.
In his FIR with the police, Vikram Tripathi, stated that his brother died around 20 days ago, who with his wife and son and his mother-in-law Mrudual Tripathi, 82, was staying in this home with his sister-in-law Meena Tripathi.
On March 4, Mrudula and Meena locked the house and went to Meena’s place for three days. When they returned on Sunday, they found that lock of the main door of Vikram’s house was broken.
Meena called up Vikram and informed him about the burglary and later he along with his family members rushed to their home in Rushvina apartment near Shreyas crossing in Ambawadi area and found that Rs 80,000 cash and some valuables were stolen. He approached Ellisbridge police station and filed a police station and filed a police complaint of burglary against unidentified persons.