PUNE, NOV 21: Valuables and cash worth Rs 2.15 lakh were stolen in three incidents of housebreaking in Shivteerthnagar and Ideal colony in Kothrud area on Saturday afternoon.The thieves broke the locks of a flat at Sunita Park in Shivteerthnagar and decamped with valuables worth Rs 1.27 lakh. The owner of the house Shreekant Chitanman Pangarkar had left his residence in the evening between 6 and 8 pm when the theft occured.
In the second incident, the thieves broke the locks of a flat owned by one Sanchin Kanekar at Ideal colony and stole valuables and cash worth Rs 23,450. The Kanekar family had left the house at around 10.45 am to attend a wedding. The theft came to notice when they returned late in the evening.
The thieves also broke into a neigbouring flat and walked away with valuable and ornaments worth Rs 64,450. The Kothrud police have been investigating the case.
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