Bantwal: Thieves burgled an empty house in Melkar here on Sunday and escaped with valuables and cash.

The theft took place here at P B Earth Movers owner Aziz’s residence which is located near Narahari Hill in NH Melkar.

It is learnt that 5 pounds of gold and 8,000 cash has been stolen.

One of the relatives of Aziz was admitted in the hospital. So Aziz’s wife had gone to see him. Aziz had gone for morning walk. Soon after Aziz left his house for walk, robbers broke the front door of the residence and took the valuables and escaped.

Bantwal circle inspector Belliyappa, City police SI Nandakumar and constables visited the residence and investigated further.

Dog squad and finger print experts too were called to the spot.