LUCKNOW, March 9 -- Holi brought little cheer for several families in Lucknow. Burglars allegedly struck a sales manager's locked home in Gomti Nagar Vistar, making off with gold and silver jewellery worth Rs.10 lakh, the latest in a series of break-ins reported across the city. According to police, the homeowner, Dilip Chandra Gupta, who works as a sales manager, had left for his ancestral home in Sultanpur with his family on March 3. When they returned on March 5, they found the main gate and front door broken open and the almirah forced. The stolen items included a gold waist belt, three rings, three pairs of earrings, a mangalsutra, a nose ring, silver anklets, toe rings, a child's bracelet and other ornaments. On Saturday, masked men allegedly broke into the house of a farmer, Umashankar, in Raniyapur village under Sarojini Nagar police station limits, fleeing with jewellery worth Rs.15 lakh and Rs.75,000 in cash. The family had retired for the night when the burglars allegedly broke a side gate lock, entered the house and forced open an almirah and locker. CCTV footage reportedly shows two masked men carrying a country-made pistol and a sword. Meanwhile, thieves entered a locked house in Bal Vihar Colony in Indira Nagar and allegedly made off with jewellery and cash worth Rs.70 lakh. The theft came to light on March 6 when Shipra Singh, a private school teacher, was informed while she was out of town for a family function. Police said the burglars also took away the DVR of the CCTV system before fleeing. htc...