Bantwal, Oct 11: The thieves broke into the house of a beedi businessman at Panemangalore toll gate and took away cash, jewellery and a bike
The incident has occurred on Wednesday October 9 night at the house of P S Abdul Razak at Nehru nagar near Panemangalore toll gate.
It is said that the thieves broke the back door and entered the house. They broke open the cupboard in the bedroom where Abdul Razak and his wife were sleeping and took away Rs 19.6 lakh in cash and gold ornaments weighing 15 sovereigns.
The robbery came to light in the next day and it is suspected that a chemical might been sprinkled on the family members to make them remain drowsy.
Abdul Razak runs PS Brand beedi business and it is said that he had kept Rs 19.5 lac cash for buying beedi leaves, tobacco and to pay advance salary to the workers.
Abdul Razak has announced an award of Rs one lakh for those who can give information about the thieves.
Puttur DYSP Mendonca, Circle Inspector Rajashekar Mistry, DCIB inspector Bashir Ahmed, town sub-inspector Venkatramana Gowda, rural station sub-inspector Nagaraj, constables Pradeep, Ramesh, Udaya Taranath and Sanjeev arrived at the spot and conducted inspection. A canine squad and fingerprint experts were pressed into action.
A case has been registered in Bantwal town police station.
