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Nearly three kg of gold ornaments and cash worth Rs 45.76 lakh were stolen from the flat of a businessman in Mulund (West) on Wednesday. The Mulund police said Subhash Hansraj Jain (52), a wholesale businessman of agarbattis who lives in Gulshan society on Baba Padamsingh Road, on Wednesday morning, had gone to South Mumbai to attend a funeral. With the entire family not at home, an unidentified burglar broke open the lock and decamped with the cash and valuables. The theft came to light after the family returned in the evening. They then approached the police.