Indian homes in American are being targeted by robbers for gold, which guarantees the robbers of better money, its because of the soaring price of the precious metal, rather than traditional electronic items. The burglars are discerning. They are taking 22 karat pieces but leaving behind sterling silver and well-crafted costume jeweller.
Since high quality gold jewellery of 22 carats or more is found mostly in homes of Indians in particular and South Asians in general, the US police say the robbers have increasingly started targeting such homes. Several cases of burglars breaking into Indian homes and making off with gold have been reported in neighbourhoods in and around Washington, which has a sizeable Indian population.
Police had yet to figure out how the burglars so successfully identify homes with large gold caches. Victims and police had eliminated obvious links like churches, temples, or even grocery stores where they could have been tracked.
Robbers operate with a notable precision, not only in choosing houses but also on sorting the take, "Vindhya Kommineni lost her most expensive saris made for her wedding, her wedding rings and a sterling dinner set that included gold inlay as part of an October 6 burglary that was one of two that day on a block in Fair Oaks. Not all of her gowns were taken, nor were all of her silver utensils.
Raman Kumar, whose house was burgled recently, said the thieves took away a gold statue of Lakshmi while left other electronic items including laptop. "Here is the thing: If you know our customs, you know we carry a lot of gold."
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