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COIMBATORE: Unidentified people have broken into a house at Rajiv Gandhi Nagar near Mylampatti at Sulur and made away with gold ornaments weighing nine sovereigns and Rs 1 lakh. Police have formed a special team to nab the burglars.
The Sulur police said the incident had occurred when the house owner, 46-year-old G Sreenivasan, had gone to Madathukulam in Tirupur district to attend a marriage reception of one of the relatives along with his family members on June 30.
“A businessman, Sreenivasan dropped the newly-married couple at Coimbatore Airport on Saturday evening and returned home at 4.30pm. He found the front door lock was broken open, and gold ornaments and cash were missing from the house. He immediately alerted us,” a police officer said.