Over 70 sovereigns of gold jewellery, more than two kg of silver articles and Rs. 5 lakh was stolen from three places early on Friday.
Burglars struck at the house of Chandrasekar, a garment shop owner, on School Road in Kodungaiyur, when his family was away for the night, and stole 30 sovereigns of gold jewellery, 1.5 kg of silver items and Rs. 50,000 kept in two almirahs.
In a similar case, burglars robbed over 30 sovereigns of gold jewellery, some silver items and close to Rs. 1,000 from the house of financier Surendra Kumar Singhvi in Choolai.
About Rs. 4.5 lakh was stolen from a shop selling construction material on Red Hills Road, Somasundarapuram in Kolathur. Burglars also attempted to break into a jewellery showroom nearby but were chased away by dogs, police said.
