Crime Watch -- Surat

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Valuables, cash stolen
In a daylight theft on Sunday afternoon, unidentified persons broke open a locked house in Sardarnagar Society between 1 and 2 pm and decamped with cash and gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 4.50 lakhs. According to a complaint filed in the Mahidharpura police by one Jignesh Shah, he had taken his relatives for lunch to his hotel -- Hotel Satvik -- near the Railway station in the afternoon and returned to find the rear door broken. He found cash, gold and silver ornaments missing. While Police Inspector M T Rana is investigating the case, a case under sections of the IPC has been registered.

Burns death
One Rani Mishra, 24, a resident of Krishnakunjnagar Society in Godadara village on the outskirts of the city, died of burn injuries during the early hours of Sunday in the Ashaktashram hospital. According to the Limbayat police, Mishra was making tea in her house on December 10, when the stove exploded, causing burn injuries to her.

Cash stolen
Cash and valuables worth Rs 60,000 were reported stolen in a case of housebreaking by night registered in the Athwa Lines police station on Sunday. Rasendu Marfati, owner of a bungalow in Kailashnagar Society, in a complaint with the Athwa Lines police said unidentified persons broke open the window of his house and decamped with valuables and cash. A case under IPC 457 and 380 has been registered.

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