A substantially delayed report of theft was filed with the Surajpol police yesterday, after an employee at the Tanishq Jewellery showroom at Bapu Bazar came across a msiisng item during a stock count.

Jitendra Kumar, resident of Badbhuja Ghati informed the police that a gold chain weighing 3 Tolas is missing from the stock and seems to have been stolen on 10th July by unknown persons.

The police have started their investigations.