Pune: An unidentified man allegedly stole gold jewellery and cash collectively worth Rs14 lakh kept at the home altar after Laxmi Pujan in a flat in Lonavla in the early hours of Monday.A 35-year-old woman lodged a complaint with Lonavla City police.An officer from Lonavla City police said the complainant’s husband is an electrical contractor. The family lives in a building at Gawliwada in Lonavla. “They performed Laxmi Pujan on Sunday night and kept their gold jewellery and cash in front of the home altar. On Monday around 5:30am, the woman left for aarti at a nearby temple. Her husband and son were sleeping and she had bolted the door from outside.”When the woman returned home after two hours, she found the door open. She also found that the jewellery and cash were missing. “The woman then approached us and lodged a complaint. We recovered CCTV footage showing a man entering the building and leaving with a bag. We are searching for him,” the officer said.
