Daltonganj: Eight to 10 masked men allegedly looted ornaments worth around Rs 10 lakh from a house at Satbahani village during the intervening night of Oct 9 and 10, police said. Untari Road police are yet to make a breakthrough.Vishal Kumar Sharma, younger brother of Jharkhand Armed Police personnel Anjay Kumar Sharma, posted in Ranchi, lodged an FIR at Untari Road police station on Oct 10. No one was injured in the incident.Police said the men broke an iron grille gate and a wooden door, locked Vishal and Ajay’s mother in a room and collected the jewellery. She was the only eyewitness. The raid began around 1.30am and lasted about 20 minutes, police said.Bishrampur SDPO Chiranjeev Mandal said the offence qualifies as dacoity because more than five criminals were involved. Police are also examining whether the accused had links with groups operating near Bihar’s Sone region, given the village’s access to that area, sources said.Officer in charge Santosh Giri said the theft of a tobacco tin was unusual. A senior officer said Palamu police’s ageing sniffer dog has struggled to track suspects.
