Mangaluru: In an incident of burglary reported on Thursday, thieves broke into a house in Konaje and made away with about 800 grams of gold and some cash. The incident was reported from a house near the Mangaluru University Campus here in Konaje of the city.

The house which was broke in by the burglars belongs to Haji Ibrahim Kodijal’s son Habeeb.

Reportedly, when the theft occurred on Wednesday night, Habeeb and four members of his family were present in the house.

According to the reports, the thieves entered the house after breaking the door upstairs and stole nearly 800 grams of gold and cash Rs. five lakh that was kept in the cupboard.

Konaje Police Officials, Canine squad, Fingerprint experts visited the burgled house and conducted an investigation.

Cash stolen, Bag left behind

A bag in which money from business transactions was stored in the house was stolen by the thieves, who have allegedly made away with the cash but thrown the empty bag outside near the neighboring house. Recently, one of Habeeb’s relatives had gotten married and some of the bride’s gold ornaments were kept in his residence, it is learned.

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Patna (PTI): JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Monday told party legislators that he will continue to keep a tab on the development work in Bihar despite having given up the chief minister's post a week ago.

Kumar addressed a meeting of the legislative party at 1, Anney Marg, which is the official residence of the chief minister and which the JD(U) supremo, now a Rajya Sabha MP, had occupied for nearly two decades.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, JD(U) MLC and spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said, "Our party leader has said that except for sessions of Parliament, which would require his presence in Delhi, he will spend his maximum time in Bihar."

"Nitish Kumar told us that he will ensure that the good work done while he was in power continues under the new government, in which the JD(U) is an important partner. To keep a tab, he will tour the state in due course," Neeraj Kumar said.

The JD(U) spokesperson was asked about speculations that the meeting had been convened to decide on the role to be assigned to Nishant, the party supremo's son, who joined the JD(U) last month, but has declined to accept a ministerial berth in the Samrat Choudhary government.

"There is no confusion about the role of Nishant, who has been accepted by the party as the leader of the future. In any case, there was no discussion on him today," Neeraj Kumar said.

Nitish Kumar has been authorised by the legislators to decide on choosing the legislative party leader, he added.

Among those present at the meeting were Union minister and former JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'Lalan' and Deputy Chief Ministers Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav.

Interestingly, don turned politician Anant Kumar Singh, who represents Mokama assembly seat, claimed after the meeting that MLAs were asked by the supreme leader to try and win "200 seats in the next elections".

"Nitish Kumar ji told us that he will now be more easily available for party workers and general public. He also said that he will extensively tour the state and asked us to work hard so that the party wins 200 seats in the next elections", said Singh, who is often in news for putting his foot in the mouth.

The Bihar assembly is 243-strong and the JD(U)'s current tally is 85, four less than ally BJP, which is the single largest party.

The JD(U)'s best-ever performance was in 2010, when it had contested 142 seats and won 115 of these. It was also the highest tally for any single party since Bihar's truncation in 2000, until when Jharkhand was part of the state and assembly had 324 seats.