The burglars used blowtorch to cut open the rear side grille of a ground floor room of the two-storied house on Park Road. Sarvajit Chakravarti, deputy high commissioner of India to Dhaka, resides in the house, said police.

Though there were two policemen on guard at the entrance to the residence, the criminals disappeared easily with a laptop computer, three cellphones, a video camera, a DVD player, a still camera and Tk 1,000 in cash.

The deputy high commissioner and a domestic help in the house were sound asleep during the break-in that police suspect occurred between 12:00 midnight and 5:00am.

"I went to sleep at about 1:00am and woke up at 7:45am and saw the mess in the house," Sarvajit told reporters.

The two police guards were posted at the entrance of the house. Perhaps they were sleeping at that time, the Indian diplomat said.

He filed a case with Gulshan Police Station yesterday afternoon mentioning the stolen goods and their estimated value.

Police could neither recover any stolen goods nor could they arrest anyone in this connection until 7:00pm.

A nine-member Crime Scene Investigation team of Criminal Investigation Department visited the house with a mobile evidence collection van.

Deputy Commissioner (Gulshan Zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Rezaul Karim told reporters that police are working on the investigation and they will hunt down the burglars.