Updated On: 08 October, 2024 12:30 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Chembur family, which lost seven including child to blaze, alleges their cupboard and safe were broken open and valuables are missing

The cupboard at the Gupta residence where the valuables were kept, and was that was broken open, according to the family. Pic/Rajesh Gupta
The survivors of the fire that claimed the lives of seven of a family residing at Siddharth Nagar in Chembur have reported that valuables, including nine to 10 tolas of gold and Rs 4.5 lakh in cash, are missing from the locker of a cupboard. The family has requested the police to investigate the matter, suspecting that the valuables may have been taken out after the blaze broke out early on Sunday morning.
On Monday, Vanita Madanlal Gupta submitted a written complaint to the police, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and other authorities, seeking an investigation.