Mangalore, Jan 5, 2013: Thieves made a vain attempt to burgle a house at Alape near Bajal in the early hours of January 5, Sunday.
The house is owned by Philomena Fernandes(57) who stays alone. Luckily her daughter Zeena and two grandchildren had arrived the previous day to stay with her. It is learnt, the kids who heard the sound of drilling window grills of the bedroom, woke up and soon the elders realised that there is an attempt to burgle.
They immediately alerted the neighbours and the police. The thieves realising that they will be caught have taken to their heels.
Mangalore Rural Police have registered a case.