Ghaziabad, Feb. 13 -- A thief in Suryanagar locality of Ghaziabad made off with Rs.7 lakh cash and jewellery worth Rs.60 lakh from the house of a pharmaceutical manufacturing factory owner on early Wednesday, officers said.

The incident occurred at around 4am in an area located in Ghaziabad, opposite Delhi's Vivek Vihar locality. The victim family had kept the cash and jewellery inside one of their rooms in bags because of a relative's wedding in their relation, they said.

"The family members were asleep at the time of the incident... We lost about Rs.7 lakh in cash besides gold, silver and diamond jewellery. On waking up later, we found something amiss and later found that cash and jewellery were missing. We informed the police," said ...