Ludhiana, July 12 -- A gang of burglars targeted at least six shops on Bhamian Road near Trikoni Park late Thursday night, making off with cash and valuables worth thousands. The break-ins came to light on Friday morning when shopkeepers arrived to open their stores and found broken shutters and ransacked interiors.

According to the police, the burglars managed to break into five shops by prying open the shutters. However, they failed to gain entry into a dental clinic as they couldn't break the aluminum door, though the shutter was damaged.

Dr Vijay Kumar, who runs the dental clinic, said another shopkeeper alerted him early in the morning after noticing that the shutter of his clinic had been broken. "I found the place ransacked and R...