The festivities for two families in Nalasopara came to an abrupt halt, when they returned home from church on Tuesday night and found their houses burgled.

The adjacent bungalows that were broken into, Sansi and Ashirwad, are situated on Nirmal Road in Nalasopara West.

The owner of Sansi, Sanjay Silvestre Sarai, said, "My wife Carmeline and I went to church at around 9.30 pm, and our son came around 10.25 pm. All of us returned home around 11.20 pm and saw the main door had been broken open. A cupboard was open and around 120 gm gold jewellery and cash, around Rs 35,000, was missing. Everything else inside the cupboard was thrown onto the bed and the floor. Soon, we came to know that Ashirwad, that belongs to my cousin, Anto, was also robbed."