Ahmedabad: A family that returned on Sunday morning after holidaying in Dubai found their Paldi home ransacked. Thieves made off with gold and silver ornaments, Rs 10 lakh in cash and other valuables worth a total of Rs 17.9 lakh. The burglary took place while the family was away between Nov 9 and Nov 15.The complaint was filed by Trushit Jani (46), who lives at Sharda Society in Paldi and runs a factory named Nylon Valve Pvt Ltd at Sardar Patel Estate in Narol. He told police that he and his family, along with his younger brother Rushit Jani’s family, had locked the house around 3pm on Nov 9 before leaving for Dubai.The family returned around 9.30am on Nov 15 and found the bedrooms on the first floor ransacked. The locks of cupboards in both Trushit’s and Rushit’s bedrooms had been broken. Home lockers kept inside the cupboards had also been forced open and were found lying on the floor.A search revealed that the burglars had taken four gold bangles weighing around 40g, a 15g bracelet, two chains weighing 18g, two rings weighing 20g, a 10g gold set, five pairs of gold earrings weighing 15g and a 10g gold bar. The gold ornaments were valued at Rs 6.4 lakh.The stolen silver articles included five coins, a pouch containing puja coins and utensils weighing around 1.3kg, valued at Rs 1.04 lakh. The burglars also took Rs 10 lakh in cash, a digital video recorder worth Rs 10,000 and an Apple iPad worth Rs 30,000.Paldi police registered a theft case and began an investigation into the break-in.
