Burglary bid in three houses

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, OCT. 7. Burglars struck in three houses on Naickenmar Street in West Mambalam when the inmates were away on Thursday. The exact value of the missing articles was not immediately known. However, police said they were only attempts, and nothing had been stolen.

In another incident, burglars entered a house at Karpagam Flats in Sornambigai Nagar at Virugambakkam and escaped with cash and jewels. The inmates, who had been since September 23, returned on Friday, only to find the house ransacked.

This is the second incident in the area in one week. Last Tuesday, about 35 sovereigns were reported stolen from a theatre owner's house on Vinayagam Street.

Among other incidents during the week, a house break-in was reported in Vengupillai Street in Egmore, a `hundi' was stolen from a temple in Foreshore Estate and a car stereo was stolen from a vehicle parked near the Ayyappan Temple in Anna Nagar.

Car stereo was removed from a car parked in front of an Internet surfing centre. Residents said several such incidents had occurred in the same area earlier.

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