The vacant Chembur house of a suspected burglar who was granted bail earlier this month after testing positive for Covid-19 was burgled on Tuesday. The family claimed valuable worth Rs 4.5 lakh, including Rs 2.5 lakh in cash, went missing. Seven people were recently arrested for allegedly robbing an electronic shop in Kurla. “Five of them tested positive for Covid-19,” said a Nehru Nagar police official. They were granted bail and sent to an isolation center. Their families were sent to different quarantine centers on June 7. While in quarantine in Deonar,one of the families found out from a neighbour that their house had been broken into. The Tilak Nagar police have registered a complaint.

According to a news paper, 45-year-old robber Shahadullah Babu recently faced instant karma when his house in Mumbai’s Chembur got robbed.

Reports say’s 7 people including the robber in question were arrested for robbing an electronics store in the city. When 5 of them tested positive for corona virus, they were granted bail on humanitarian grounds.His family of 8 people was sent to Deonar and Siddhart Nagar quarantine centers on June 8 leaving the house vacant. Later, his neighbours informed him that his residence was broken into on June 16.

He proceeded to file a complaint saying that cash and jewellery worth Rs.4.5 lakh was stolen. Sushilkumar Kamble, senior inspector of Tilak Nagar police station was quoted saying, “We have registered an offence of housebreaking and are investigating the case.”