Bengaluru: Leaving his room unlocked while heading to college proved costly for a final-year engineering student, who returned to find cash, a gold chain and electronic gadgets missing from his rented accommodation. Thieves struck his room on the second floor of a house in Bettahalasuru and escaped with Rs 75,000 in cash, a gold chain, an Apple MacBook, an iPad, a mobile phone and two laptop adapters.According to the complaint filed by Gaurav Raj, 22, he has been living alone in the rented room since July this year. On Oct 24, he placed Rs 75,000 in cash, a 7g gold chain and two laptop adapters inside a cupboard. He left his Apple MacBook, an iPad and a mobile phone on the bed.As usual, he left for college around 8.55am without locking the room or the cupboard. When he returned around 11am and opened the cupboard, he was shocked to find all the valuables missing.He enquired with residents of neighbouring rooms, but they said they had not seen anything.Gaurav said he did not have the bill for the gold chain, as it had been purchased several years ago.He filed a complaint with Chikkajala police on Oct 26. A case has been registered under Section 305 (theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc.).
