An unidentified gang allegedly broke into the house of a retired teacher and decamped with gold jewels weighing 60 sovereigns and cash Rs 20 lakhs, police said on Monday. The incident came to light when the owner of the house located at Sathyamangalam Rajivnagar, Joseph (62), who had gone to Chennai with his family had returned to Sathyamangalam yesterday evening. He was shocked to find the front door of the house broken open and when he entered it, he found 60 sovereigns of gold jewels and cash Rs 20 lakh kept inside the almirah missing. In another incident, a woman was relieved of her nine-sovereign gold chain by two unknown persons who came on a motorcycle, in Siruvalur village, about 40 kms from Erode. Immediately, one of the suspects snatched the nine sovereign gold chain from her and escaped before she could raise an alarm.

Source: dna September 12, 2016 09:20 UTC