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CHANDIGARH: Four theft incidents, including a daylight burglary at a house in Sector 27 from where thieves decamped with Rs 40,000, $1,100 and other valuables, have been reported from the city.

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Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 23

Four theft incidents, including a daylight burglary at a house in Sector 27 from where thieves decamped with Rs 40,000, $1,100 and other valuables, have been reported from the city.

According to the police, the complainant, Manjit Singh, a resident of Sector 27, reported that he had his wife had gone to get their grandson from the school yesterday. The complainant left the house around 11.55 am and returned after an hour.

On returning, he found Rs 40,000, $1,100, jewellery, three passports, five Aadhaar cards, five PAN cards, a driving licence and voter cards stolen from his house on October 22.

A case has been registered at the Sector 26 police station.

In another incident, a woman, Priyanka Sharma, reported that three unidentified women stole her bag containing gold jewellery from a shop in Sector 37, where she had gone to purchase shoes for her children yesterday.

Sources said the complainant, a resident of Delhi, had arrived at her parents' house in Sector 38 (West) to attend a function. She went for shopping yesterday, when her bag, which was kept on a sofa in the shop, was stolen.

According to the complainant, the bag contained six gold bangles, two gold necklaces and two earrings. The police were informed, who registered a case at the Sector 39 police station.

The third theft incident was reported from a house in Sector 46. The complainant, Anshul Sharma, reported that an LED and a laptop were stolen from his house between October 18 and 22.

A case has been registered at the Sector 34 police station.

The fourth theft was reported from the Sampark Centre, Mauli Jagran, from where an LED and a data card were stolen on the intervening night of October 20 and 21. A case has been registered at the Mauli Jagran police station.

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