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Gurgaon: While Army personnel protect the country from all sorts of evil, sometimes even they are not spared by miscreants.

A retired Lieutenant General’s house in Sector 23 was raided by thieves looting jewellery, cash and watches amounting to Rs 15 lakh.

The victim has been identified as Lt Gen (retd) H S Bedi.

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He said that the theft in his house occurred between 1.30 pm on October 26 and 1 pm on October 27.

He was in New Delhi with his family when the thieves broke into his house.

According to his complaint, the thieves stole silver items worth Rs 4 lakh, gold ornaments of Rs 2.5 lakh, approximately Rs 4.5 lakh cash, diamond earrings worthRs 2 lakh and luxury watches worth Rs 2 lakh.

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An FIR was registered under sections 457 (house-trespass), 380 (theft in dwelling house) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at the Palam Vihar police station.

Police said that they are investigating the matter.