Burglars strike Vasco flat
HERALD REPORTER
VASCO, MAY 15
In a daylight burglary, burglars decamped with gold ornaments, electronic items and cash worth Rs 5.79 lakhs from a flat in Pushpanjali Building in Vasco on Saturday afternoon.
According to Vasco police, some persons decamped with the booty from the flat belonging to Narendra Mukundrai Rajani, a garment businessman from Vasco, between 10.30 am and 2.30 pm.
Police informed that the occupant had gone to his shop at about 10.30 am, while other family members are out of station. However, when Narendra visited his flat in the afternoon, he found the main door lock broken and the entire flat ransacked.
Vasco police said five gold chains, pendants, other gold items and some electronic items amounting to Rs 4.79 lakh were missing, besides cash of Rs 1 lakh was also found missing.
Police claimed that similar modus operandi was used by the burglars in other thefts and robberies in the port town earlier.
Vasco police pressed dog squad and finger print experts to provide lead in the case.
However, after temples and computer shops, now the burglars have reverted back to flats and houses, as barely one and half month ago, two computer shops were broke open and about 21 laptops worth Rs 10 lakhs were stolen.
