Bantwal: Thieves broke into a house at Gadiyar near Mani and made away with cash worth lakhs of rupees in an incident of robbery reported on Wednesday morning here.

Located on NH 74 in Jogibettu near Gadiyar, the house was reportedly rented by Mohammed Rafiq when the incident took place.

According to the reports Rafiq was staying in the house along with his family. The incident took place when Rafiq and his family had been to a relative’s house in Uppinangady and had stayed overnight there. When they returned on Wednesday morning the incident came to light.

The thieves reportedly made away with 35 Tola of Gold and cash of over 1 Lakh rupees from the house.

Vittal Police officials reached the spot, inspected the crime scene and registered a case in this regard.

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Kochi (PTI): The Kerala High Court on Friday stayed for two weeks its single judge's interim order putting on hold for 15 days the release of 'The Kerala Story 2-Goes Beyond' film.

A bench of justices Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and P V Balakrishnan passed the order on the appeal moved by the film's producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah late Thursday night, hours after the movie's release was stayed.

The bench had reserved order in the appeal on Thursday night.

The detailed order is awaited.

Shah in his appeal had claimed that the film does not harm or denigrate the state of Kerala or any religious community.

"The film only portrays a social evil," his lawyers had told the court.

Shah had also contended that if the film's release was put on hold, it would "financially finish" the producers as the movie is set to be screened in 1,500 theatres in India and over 300 abroad on February 27.

The single judge had stayed the release of the film on the ground that prima facie there was a manifest non-application of mind to the requirement of law by the censor board, CBFC.

The judge also said that "the possibility of communal disharmony or denigration of a community also being prima facie involved in the movie", its release without scrutiny by the higher authorities would be legally improper.

The court had further said that the content of the film's teaser has "a prima facie potential to distort public perception and disturb communal harmony".