Robbers wore raincoats, gloves to hide tracks: Police on Rs 50-lakh heist in East Delhi
According to the police, the incident happened around 4:30 am on Saturday, when four men entered a residential building in FF block of Laxmi Nagar. The men were wearing mufflers and raincoats to hide their faces, while donning gloves to avoid fingerprint marks, an officer said.
The suspects then moved to the first floor of the building, and noticed one locked house with all lights switched off, the officer said. According to the police, the house belonged to Apratim Jaiswal, who along with his wife, were out since Friday, as they had gone to their relative's place to celebrate Raksha Bandhan.
Setting their eyes on the target, the men, fearing interruption, proceeded to put locks on all the houses in the building, except Jaiswal's home before breaking inside his house by busting the lock of the main door.
Then, the suspects proceeded to rob Rs 1 lakh in cash, and several gold, diamond alongside other jewellery amounting to Rs 40 lakh. After allegedly committing the theft, the men switched off the lights of the building stairs, and fled, police said. The CCTV camera at the building caught their movement, an officer said.
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