LUCKNOW, Oct. 27 -- Burglars broke into a house owned by former Karnataka director general of police (DGP) Mahendra Srivastava here, and fled with cash and jewellery worth several lakhs of rupees, police said.

The house, located in Aliganj's Sector G, is currently occupied by the former DGP's daughter-in-law Dr Rishika Raj, who lives there with her children. She had been visiting her husband Dr Nitin Agarwal in Oman since October 16. An FIR into the theft was registered on Sunday after she was informed of the incident by a domestic help when she was in Dubai with her family members.

Police reached the spot and began an investigation with the help of the forensic team. Since the DVR (digital video recorder) was missing, police could not ...