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CHENNAI: Burglars decamped* (to depart hastily and secretly*) with 55 sovereigns of gold from a pawnshop at Guindy on Saturday night.

Sampath Karnavat (55) runs a pawn-cum-jewelry shop on New Street in Mosque Colony, Maduvankarai, Investigating Officer S Jayakrishnan told Express. The shop was on the ground floor, while Karnavat lived with his family on the first floor of the independent house. On Saturday night, he locked the shop and retired for the night. On opening the shutters on Sunday morning, he found that burglars had removed the glass slabs in the bathroom window and entered the shop from inside. One of the shelves had been broke open and around 55 sovereigns of gold ornaments stolen. However, about 2.5 kg of gold and 40 sovereigns of gold jewelry in two lockers remained intact. Karnavat lodged a complaint with the Guindy police.

The SI said that since entry had been made through the bathroom window, the hand of juvenile offenders was suspected in the burglary.
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The heading of this news “Burglars ‘pawn’ 55 sovereigns” gives any one the impression that burglars had pawned 55 sovereigns of gold stolen from elsewhere at the pawnshop.

The first sentence “Burglars decamped with 55 sovereigns of gold from a pawnshop” tells a different story that the gold was stolen from the pawnshop in Guindy.

Further down “On opening the shutters on Sunday morning, he found that burglars had removed the glass slabs in the bathroom window and entered the shop from inside”.

If they entered the shop from inside why would they need to remove the glass slabs in the bathroom windows? Why do windows have glass slabs in jewelry shops that can be easily removed?

Good news is “However, about 2.5 kg of gold and 40 sovereigns of gold jewelry in two lockers remained intact”.

Confusing start of an expressbuzz news report that after all has a happy ending.

The SI said that since entry had been made through the bathroom window, the hand of juvenile offenders was suspected in the burglary.

One must applaud the detective instinct of the SI who was able pinpoint the exact type of burglar.

Rajpriya

http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/Burglars-‘pawn’-55-sovereigns/326407.html