Kanpur: Bidhnu police on Friday registered an FIR after thieves allegedly broke into the locked house of a Rail Ministry section officer’s mother in Bajpur village and decamped with ancestral gold and silver jewellery worth lakhs of rupees and cash.According to police, Apoorv Bajpeyi works as a section officer in Delhi while his mother, Radha Devi (53), lives alone at the house in Bajpur village.As per the FIR, continuous rain and waterlogging around the house forced her to lock it and stay with a relative in Galla Mandi, Chandan Nagar, on Sept 27. Having left in a hurry, she carried only two pairs of clothes, medicines, a mobile phone and a charger.Sita, a young woman from Fatehpur who lived in the house as a tenant, had also gone to her native place, leaving the property unoccupied.At around 1 pm on Oct 19, Sita informed Radha Devi that the lock had been broken and belongings were lying scattered inside. Radha Devi, Apoorv and other family members subsequently reached the house and found the lock to her portion broken and the rooms ransacked. In the FIR, Apoorv alleged that ancestral gold and silver jewellery, besides cash, had been stolen.Bidhnu SHO TB Singh said police were investigating the matter.
