PATIALA: The police in

have booked some unidentified persons under relevant sections of IPC for stealing an LED TV from a jewellery shop. However, the shop owner and police have been perplexed after the incident as the burglars left the ornaments untouched in the shop.

The incident took place allegedly in the wee hours of Wednesday at a jewellery shop located at Puri market, Ghumman road in Patiala. According to the complainant, the burglars were recorded in the CCTV camera of a neighbouring shop. The police are investigating the matter and trying to identify the accused who had stolen the LED TV worth Rs 7,000.

A case has been registered at Civil Lines Patiala police station against unidentified accused under sections of house trespass and theft on the complaint of sop owner Vikas Verma.

Sub inspector Gurmel Kumar, investigating officer in the case said that an investigation was under way and the accused were yet to be nabbed.

Notably on Tuesday, the

police had booked some residents of

village under sections of theft after they allegedly stole away items of daily need from a kirana shop in their village amid the nationwide lockdown. The accused allegedly had stolen sugar, mustard oil, ghee, and other such items from the shop.