Rs 11 lakh stolen from scrap dealer's house

Ludhiana: Unidentified thieves struck at the house of a scrap dealder in Shimlapuri here, and decamped with Rs1l lakh cash.
In his police complaint, Ashok Kumar, the scrap dealer, said he had kept Rs11 lakh, collected as payments, in the almirah near his drawing room. But when he had checked the money in the almirah about a fortnight ago, he did not find it.After searching for the money for a few days, he informed the police on Wednesday.
Cops then reached the spot and started probing the matter. Police officials have booked unidentified thieves for the theft.