80 sovereigns burgled from engineer’s house

The police said that Dakshinamoorthy is employed in Bengaluru as an executive engineer with the Central government, while his wife, mother and son were staying at the house at Kamalam Nagar in Tirumullaivoyal.

On Saturday, after they went to T Nagar for shopping, the burglars entered the house through the back door. When the family returned, they found the valuables burgled and informed the police.

Sniffer dogs and fingerprint experts were brought to collect evidence. As liquor bottles were found near the compound wall behind the house, the police suspect that the burglars could have waited until the occupants left the house to enter it. A hunt has been launched for the suspects.

In a similar incident, 10 sovereigns and Rs 3 lakh in cash were burgled from a house in Mylapore on Saturday night. Chokkalingam of Nochi Nagar had gone to his hometown in Seyyur and returned to the city on Sunday morning.To his shock, he found his house broken open and valuables stolen. Based on his complaint, the Mylapore police have registered a case and launched a hunt for the suspects.