Robbers barge into bungalow, hold cotton trader, kin hostage
Mihir Tanksale | TNN | Jan 18, 2019, 06:09 IST
(Representative image)PUNE: Four armed intruders on Wednesday morning held Mumbai-based cotton trader Hanskumar Khimji (79), his sister-in-law Hema Chheda (63) and domestic helps hostage at gunpoint for over three hours in his bungalow in an isolated bylane off Apte Road in the Deccan Gymkhana area. They robbed cash and valuables worth Rs 5.70 lakh.
The intruders moved into the ground-plus-one bungalow around 9.30am. When Khimji told them that he did not have much cash and valuables in the bungalow, one of the intruders left with the trader's driver to his Mumbai office in Chheda's car to collect Rs 1 crore.
For over three hours, the remaining three criminals moved around in Khimji's bungalow after tying up the caretaker and domestic help. They pushed Khimji and Chheda into one of the rooms on the upper floor of the bungalow.
At one point around 1.30pm, all three criminals had moved out of the upper room. Chheda displayed alacrity to immediately bolt the door from the inside and raise an alarm. Panicked at her cries, the criminals ran out of the bungalow towards hotel Ramee Grand and from there fled towards Jangli Maharaj road.
The fourth culprit, who had by then reached Kurla in Mumbai in the car with Khimji's driver, received an alert from his aides. He got down from the car and fled.
The intruders moved into the ground-plus-one bungalow around 9.30am. When Khimji told them that he did not have much cash and valuables in the bungalow, one of the intruders left with the trader's driver to his Mumbai office in Chheda's car to collect Rs 1 crore.
For over three hours, the remaining three criminals moved around in Khimji's bungalow after tying up the caretaker and domestic help. They pushed Khimji and Chheda into one of the rooms on the upper floor of the bungalow.
At one point around 1.30pm, all three criminals had moved out of the upper room. Chheda displayed alacrity to immediately bolt the door from the inside and raise an alarm. Panicked at her cries, the criminals ran out of the bungalow towards hotel Ramee Grand and from there fled towards Jangli Maharaj road.
The fourth culprit, who had by then reached Kurla in Mumbai in the car with Khimji's driver, received an alert from his aides. He got down from the car and fled.
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