India, March 13 -- The police on Wednesday registered a case against unknown thieves after a series of break-ins were discovered that morning in Thane's Charai area. The unknown group of thieves broke into 14 shops, including a doctor's clinic, an Ayurvedic store, a paint shop, and a salon, all located within a 100-meter radius by breaking open their shutters. Since most shops received payments through digital transactions, the thieves stole around Rs.27,000 from eight shops only, said police.

This is the second incident in less than a month, raising concerns about law and order in the city, following an earlier case where a sword-wielding gang went on threatening shopkeepers in Vartak Nagar.

Vinod Prajapati, a carpenter and shop owner,...