Unidentified persons break into retired engineer’s house, steal valuables

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Updated - August 13, 2026 07:44 pm IST - MADANAPALLE

Unidentified persons broke into the house of a retired Rural Water Supply (RWS) department Divisional Engineer at the Postal and Telecom Colony on the outskirts of Madanapalle in Annamayya district in the early hours of Thursday (August 13, 2026), and stole gold, silver and cash.

The Madanapalle police said that the persons cut the window grills and entered the house while the occupants were asleep. They reportedly broke open an almirah and stole around 670 grams of gold jewellery, 2 kg of silver articles and ₹25,000 in cash. The theft came to light when the family woke in the morning.