New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Former Indian hockey captain M M Somaya has written to Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, after his 1980 Moscow Olympics gold medal was among the valuable that were stolen from his Bengaluru house in the wee hours of October 28 in the New Thippasandra area. Three other international medals and Rs.30,000 cash were among other items stolen when the burglars broke into his home.

The 67-year-old lodged a police complaint, "which read "On October 28, 2026, at around 7.15 am, my neighbour noticed that the door of my house was open and informed me that there was a suspicion of theft", as reported by The Indian Express. Somaya and his family were not at home and had left Bengaluru for Kodagu around 5 AM on October 25....