Nagpur, Aug 24 (PTI) Unidentified persons broke into the house of a senior Income Tax department official here in Maharashtra and allegedly stole jewellery and cash collectively worth Rs 2.2 lakh, a police official said.

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The incident took place at the house of I-T Commissioner, Nagpur, Rajesh Ranjan Dinanath Prasad, in the Income Tax Colony in Seminary Hills area of Nagpur and came to light on Monday, the official from Gittikhadan police station said.

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Prasad went to Mumbai on August 6 to visit a relative.

In his absence, some persons broke the lock of his house and allegedly decamped with Rs 60,000 cash and a gold necklace kept in a cupboard, the official said.

The incident came to light on Monday morning when Prasad returned to Nagpur, he said.

After being alerted, the Gittikhadan police rushed to the spot and registered a case, he added.

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