Jewellery stolen from locked house near Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: Unidentified people broke open a house at

Othakkalmandapam

on the outskirts of Coimbatore and took away 19 sovereigns of gold

jewellery

, worth Rs 1.90 lakh.

On November 23, N Mani Maran, 62, and his family members locked the house and went to Chennai. When they returned on Tuesday, they found the front door of the house broken open and 19 sovereigns of gold jewellery kept in a cupboard missing.

The Chettipalayam police registered a case and began investigations.