Ludhiana, Oct. 26 -- Posing as a stranded motorist, a burglar made away with garments worth around Rs.5 lakh from a readymade store on Bindraband Road in the early hours of Saturday. The burglary, carried out in the early hours of Saturday, involved a suspect who arrived in a Maruti Swift Dzire and used the car's open bonnet to portray a breakdown, before breaking into the shop.

The store owner, Gurmeet Singh, said he discovered the theft around 11 am when he reached his outlet and noticed the shutter locks missing. Upon entering, he found the shop ransacked and several garments missing.

CCTV footage installed outside the premises captured the sequence. The suspect parked the Swift Dzire outside the store, opened its bonnet and used an ...