Gurgaon:
Thieves broke into the house of a retired Lieutenant General in Sector 23 here and decamped with jewellery, cash and watches worth ₹ 15 lakh, police said on Friday.
According to the complaint filed by Lt Gen (retd) H S Bedi, the theft in his house occurred between 1.30 pm on October 26 and 1 pm on October 27 when he was in New Delhi with his family.
“When we returned, the bedroom window of my house, including the grill, was found removed and all cupboards were broken. Silver items worth ₹ 4 lakh, gold ornaments of ₹ 2.5 lakh, approximately ₹ 4.5 lakh cash, diamond earrings worth ₹ 2 lakh and luxury watches worth ₹ 2 lakh were found missing from my house,” the retired Army official stated in his complaint.
Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered under sections 457 (house-trespass), 380 (theft in dwelling house) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Palam Vihar police station.
