BHOPAL : Unidentified burglars broke into the locked house of SDM Ashish Pathak, presently posted in Chitrangi under Singrauli district, at Shivaji Nagar here on Tuesday. The family of the officer had gone to meet him while the incident happened. Later the Habibganj police following the complaint of the brother-in-law of the officer registered a case against unidentified burglars and started investigations.
In a coincidence as on the same day unidentified bike-borne-youth snatched gold chain from the neck of the wife of SDM Rajesh Shrivastava from the same locality and fled while she was standing in front of her house near 6 number bus stop on Tuesday evening.
SDM Pathak talking to Free Press said that he was in Singrauli where he is posted and was returning to Bhopal after getting the information of the incident. He will probably reach the city by Wednesday night. He said that his family including wife and children had gone to Singrauli on June 14 to visit him. His brother-in-law living in the city informed him about the incident.
It was still not known as to what goods were being stolen. The lockers were broken although there was just Rs 5-10 thousand in cash in it. Some silver coins kept in the Puja room were missing as per the information.