ISLAMABAD: Cash and valuables worth over Rs15 million were stolen from the house of a retired secretary in F-6/1.

Chaudhry Tahir Hussain told Dawn that retired officer, Faizullah Khilji, and his family had been residing in the house since the 1960s.

Mr Khilji and his wife left for Thailand on Dec 7 to visit their children residing there, Mr Hussain said.

In their absence, burglars broke into the house and reached the room of Mr Khilji from where they looted jewellery weighing 90 tolas and foreign currency. The servants informed their employer, who asked them to go inside the house and look into the matter, Mr Hussain said.

Police reached the scene to collect evidence, Mr Hussain said, adding that a case was registered at Kohsar police station.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2022