Updated On: 31 January, 2024 12:37 PM IST | Amravati | mid-day online correspondent
On Tuesday, two unidentified men broke into a house in Amravati and stole cash and valuables worth Rs 5 lakh while posing as census surveyors

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On Tuesday, two unidentified men broke into a house in Amravati and stole cash and valuables worth Rs 5 lakh while posing as census surveyors, according to police. The cops told PTI that the incident happened in a Rathi Nagar flat.
The perpetrators informed a woman, who was the only family member at home at the time of the incident, that they were carrying out a census and requested that she fetch the family`s Aadhaar cards. According to the official, they stormed into the house as she was entering, threatened her with a knife, and stole property worth Rs 5 lakh before making off, the PTI report added.
The cops said that a probe is underway.