Jabalpur, Nov. 12 -- Jewellery worth nearly Rs.12 crore was stolen from a showroom in Madhya Pradesh's Katni after thieves broke through a wall and forced open the safe and display counters in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

According to police officers, the incident came to light on Thursday morning when the staff reached the showroom and found the safe and display counters broken open.

Showroom owner Mohan Bajaj said that jewellery worth Rs.12 crore to Rs.15 crore was kept in the showroom. He said around Rs.12 crore worth of jewellery was missing. Police, however, said that the exact value of the stolen jewellery will be clear after audit of the records.

Katni superintendent of police (SP) Abhinav Vishwakarma inspected the ...