Booty worth Rs 10 lakh stolen in series of thefts at Mahuli village
| Date :08-Nov-2019 |
One of houses that was targeted in series of thefts at village Mahuli.
Parseoni Correspondent :
Burglars strike at seven houses in an hour
In a major heist, burglars literally struck gold at Mahuli village in Parseoni tehsil decamping with booty collectively worth Rs 10 lakh in series of thefts. Seven houses were burgled during wee hours leaving the villagers shell-shocked as for villages such organised crime is a sort of a new worry. Burglars are eyeing rural landscape, as it provides an easy targets given scant security at houses. For rural populace, however, it proved to be the darkest night of their lives as for them, the money meant a life time of sweat that vanished in one night. The looting occurred at seven houses and police said preliminary findings revealed that burglars pocketed ornaments worth Rs six lakh and cash of Rs four lakh.
According to police, the burglary occurred between 1 am and 2 am when the villagers were fast asleep. At the house of Deorao Mangrulkar, the unidentified thieves looted gold ornaments worth Rs two lakh and Rs 47,000 cash. At the house of Rinku Kusumbe, they netted gold ornaments worth Rs 1.50 lakh and Rs 1.30 lakh cash. Also, at the residence of Munna Chichkhede, the thieves stole gold worth Rs 1.50 lakh and Rs 50,000 cash. On a spree, the thieves then targeted house of Narayan Kusumbe and made way with Rs 50,000 cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 40,000. Similarly, valuables were stolen from the houses of Prem Kusumbe, Pintu Gedam and Tarachand Ghodeshwar of the same village, police added. After spot visit, police suspect ‘handiwork’ of a gang of thieves as they moved in seamless manner. Despite presence of all family members in the houses they targeted, no one got a whiff about the intrusion.
This means before sneaking into a targeted house, the burglars might have sprayed some sedatives to ensure that occupants are put into temporary sleep to avoid resistance. The entry at each of the house was breaking the door latch and thereafter ransacking the steel almirah and entire house in search of valuables and cash. Normally, cash is kept by villagers stuffed inside the foodgrains and that to was thoroughly searched by the thieves. Rattled by not finding anything valuable at few houses, the thieves vented their anger by throwing out all the important papers they found in the almirah. The first house to be burgled was that of Rinku Kusumbe who was out of village for some personal work.
When he returned home at 2.30 am, he was shocked to find the front door wide open and immediately contacted Parseoni police. Cops reached the village at 3.30 am and inspected the spot but till that time there was no inclination about serial thefts only when villagers woke up at dusk. For cops another weird experience was that even stray dogs in the villages did not bark, indicating that the theft must have been ‘handiwork’ of tribal gang who are experts in handling animals. Most of the stray dogs were found unconscious indicating they must have been provided food laced with sedatives. Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Nayan Allurkar, Inspector Vilas Chouhan also visited the Mahuli village. A dog squad was also pressed at spot but it could not be of much help. Further probe is on.