THIEVES DIG TUNNEL INTO JAIPUR HOUSE, STEAL SILVER BURIED UNDER BASEMENT

JAIPUR: In a daring heist, thieves allegedly stole a huge quantity of silver kept in a box buried in the basement of a Jaipur house by digging a 20-foot-long and 15-foot-deep tunnel, according to police. The owner of the house, a doctor by profession, has not disclosed the exact quantity of silver. Police said the accused had purchased a house right behind the doctor's house for Rs87 lakh in January and covered its wall with tin sheds to block the view and started the digging work. The accused dug the tunnel from the newly purchased house and reached the exact location where the box was buried. They cut open the box and stole the silver. Dr Sunit Soni, who runs a hair transplant clinic, came to know about the theft when he found the flooring of the basement uneven and dug it on Wednesday. Soni informed police on Wednesday.