Virendra Gahwai, Bilaspur. In Uslapur of Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, rogue thieves have stolen goods worth Rs 5 lakh including gold and silver jewellery from the house of a professor. The thieves committed this crime when the professor had gone out after locking the house. After this incident, Professor Swati Toppo lodged a complaint in the Civil Line Police Station, after which the police have started searching for the absconding thieves.
According to the information, Swati Ross Toppo, who lives near Uslapur Ward No. 14 station, is an assistant professor at Atal Bihari Vajpayee University. On August 17, at 1.30 pm, she locked her house and went to Ambikapur with her family. During this time, thieves broke into her empty house, broke the locks of three doors, and fled after stealing all the gold and silver jewellery from the cupboard and the cash kept at home.
When the professor returned from Ambikapur last evening, the locks of the rooms on the first floor were broken and the cupboards were empty. All the items in the room were scattered. After which she lodged a report of theft in the Civil Lines police station. At present, the police have registered a case against unknown thieves under sections 305 A, 331, 4 of the BNS and have started investigating.