Burglars decamped with goods worth around ₹ 10 lakh including five sovereigns of gold jewellery, groceries, perishable items, furniture and cash from nine shops at Velakalnatham village near Jolarpet town in Tirupattur on Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) on Wednesday.
Police said that K. Rajesh (52), who runs a pharmacy on the stretch, came to his outlet at around 9 a.m when he noticed the locks were broken. He went inside the shop and found medicines were ransacked from the racks. Sealed boxes of medicines including syrups were missing. A billing machine, a computer and around ₹ 50,000 cash were stolen.
