Vadodara: City police’s strategy to curb burglaries has proved to be ineffective as houses in different areas were broken into almost every day during Diwali vacation.Another major burglary was reported from Karelibaug on Tuesday where a metal trader’s house was broken into sometime between Sunday and Monday morning.Burglars decamped with gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh and Rs 6.4 lakh cash from Rajendra Shah’s bungalow near Karelibaug water tank when he and his family members were attending a wedding in Mumbai. Shah learnt about the burglary when he received a call from his neighbour Pranav Shah on Monday morning.Shah asked Pranav to check inside the house asking him to keep the video call on so that he can have an estimate of the valuable stolen from his house. Shah stated in his police complaint that thieves had broken the door of wooden cupboard in his bedroom and had taken away an iron safe which was fit inside.By evening Shah rushed to Vadodara and informed cops about the incident. Thieves had also checked other closets in different bedrooms in Shah’s house as all valuables were lying scattered on the floor. He told police that the iron safe had a silver idol of Lord Ganesha, several ornaments of platinum, diamond, gold silver and pearl which was all worth Rs 10 lakh and a small silver box. The silver box contained cash amounting to Rs 6.4 lakh.Police said that the burglars had entered Shah’s house by breaking the lock of the front door.It was just before Diwali that cops had drawn up plan to curb burglaries. Police had claimed that they will identify the houses which will be closed during Diwali holidays and intensify patrolling in those areas.

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