Published 23:35 IST, February 19th 2020

Burglar breaks into Army veteran's home; settles for just a drink after seeing his uniform

A thief broke into a house execute robbery but refrained from doing so after learning that it belongs to a former Army officer, & expressed his guilt on thewall

Reported by: Pritesh Kamath
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Amid a wave of nationalism cutting across political party lines in country, an interesting case of nationalism shot to light when a thief who broke into a house to execute a robbery decided t to after coming to kw that house belongs to a former Army officer. However, t to escape empty-handed,  robber did enjoy a drink 'on house'.

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Thief cites seven commandments to express guilt

incident came to light on Wednesday morning when workers revating house saw front door broken open when y arrived. revation workers saw thief's remorse on wall where he wrote, "I violated seventh commandment...," in reference to commandment "Thou shalt t steal".

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"I didn't kw it was an army man's residence. I came to kw only in last moment when I saw military cap. Apologies! H I kwn it was a military officer's house, I would t have targeted it," thief wrote on wall using a marker, he wrote as said by a police officer to PTI.

In ar place in house, he wrote that he h stolen money and a bag from nearby shop before entering house but since he h taken money, documents in bag should be handed back to owner.

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Despite appearing to have deep regrets over breaking into house, thief did t fail to enjoy a drink from ex-Army officer's stash.

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retired colonel and his family who are presently working in a Middle East country have t been to ir residence where this befuddling incident occurred for past two-and-a-half months.  police was t amused, however, and has launched a search for him. y confirmed that thing was missing from retired officer's house.

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23:35 IST, February 19th 2020