Hyderabad: Pawnshop burgled at Pot Market
Thieves decamped with mortgaged gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 21 lakh
Hyderabad: Thieves broke into a pawn brokering and jewellery shop in Pot Market and decamped with mortgaged gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 21 lakh. The shop owner, N Anil Jain had locked the shop late on Thursday evening because of Sankranti festival and went home.
On Friday, he sent one of his employees Sunil to open the shop and take care of the business as he would be late. According to the police, when Sunil opened the shop, he found it ransacked and immediately informed Jain, who rushed to the shop and found that gold and silver ornaments worth Rs.21 lakh were missing.
“When he checked surveillance cameras installed inside and outside the shop, he found that some unidentified person had broke into the shop through the roof. They then took the mortgaged ornaments,” police said, adding that based on a complaint from Jain late on Friday night, the Market police booked a case and was investigating.
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