India, Aug. 3 -- Burglars struck a house occupied by an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) in Lucknow's Rajajipuram, escaping with cash and valuables from the ground floor while the senior police officer lived upstairs.

The break-in, just 200 metres from a police outpost and the second burglary at the property in five months, was discovered after the ACP returned from duty on Sunday.

The incident took place under the Talkatora police station limits at the residence of engineer Sudhanshu, whose brother is an IAS officer. ACP (Bazarkhala) Ranjit Kumar had shifted to the first-floor portion of the house with his family around 20 days ago.

According to police, the ACP's family had left for their ancestral home a few days earlier, leavi...