Three robbers hold family captive, flee with gold
tnn | Feb 19, 2019, 08:40 ISTLudhiana: Three masked robbers barged into a house in Muradpura and robbed the family of gold after holding it captive on Sunday night. The goons attacked a woman with a sharp-edged weapon when she raised the alarm.
Geeta, 40, said in her police complaint, “I was in my room with my two daughters, and my sister-in-law, Poonam, was upstairs. Around 8.15pm, I heard someone calling my husband’s name. Thinking that his friends had come to meet him, I replied he was not at home.”
Suddenly, three masked men entered her house. “All three were armed with sharp-edged weapons. They barged into my room and at knife-point asked us to keep mum. Scared, my children did not speak a word. On hearing my cries, my sister-in-law rushed downstairs. After holding us captive, the goons robbed us of our gold chains and rings,” she added.
The trio then ransacked her almirah. “When I tried to stop them and raised the alarm, they attacked me with a sharp-edged weapon and escaped,” Geeta said.
She then called up her husband and the police.
Division 6 police station ASI Balbir Singh said, “It seems the accused were known to the family. We are scrutinising the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area.”
A case has been registered under sections 392 (punishment for robbery) and 34 (act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC.
Geeta, 40, said in her police complaint, “I was in my room with my two daughters, and my sister-in-law, Poonam, was upstairs. Around 8.15pm, I heard someone calling my husband’s name. Thinking that his friends had come to meet him, I replied he was not at home.”
Suddenly, three masked men entered her house. “All three were armed with sharp-edged weapons. They barged into my room and at knife-point asked us to keep mum. Scared, my children did not speak a word. On hearing my cries, my sister-in-law rushed downstairs. After holding us captive, the goons robbed us of our gold chains and rings,” she added.
The trio then ransacked her almirah. “When I tried to stop them and raised the alarm, they attacked me with a sharp-edged weapon and escaped,” Geeta said.
She then called up her husband and the police.
Division 6 police station ASI Balbir Singh said, “It seems the accused were known to the family. We are scrutinising the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area.”
A case has been registered under sections 392 (punishment for robbery) and 34 (act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC.
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