India, May 3 -- New Delhi

A group of partially clothed masked burglars, donning only undergarments, vests, gloves and socks, made off with Rs.27,000, a silver bowl, brass plates and household appliances from a first-floor flat of a multi-storeyed residential building in Sarvodaya Enclave, near Malviya Nagar in south Delhi, police officers said, after footage of the crime was captured on a CCTV camera installed in the flat.

The police registered a case of burglary at the Malviya Nagar police station and are probing whether the suspects were linked to the infamous "kachcha baniyan gang", which was involved in a spate of house robbery-murders in the 1990s. The gang members used to break into homes and kill every family member in their slee...