Raidurgam: Servants sedate family, make away with Rs 15 lakh and valuables

HYDERABAD: A gang of thieves decamped with Rs 15 lakh and other valuables from a businessman’s house in Raidurgam by posing as domestic helpers and serving the family members food laced with sedatives for dinner.
The incident took place at G Madhu Sudhan Reddy’s house in BNR Hills, Raidurgam. Around 10 months ago, Rajender alias Ravi from Nepal began working as domestic help at Reddy’s house.
According to the police, Ravi got his sister Seetha, their associate Manoj and his wife Janaki employed in the house as domestic helpers about a fortnight ago. “The servants were staying in the servant’s quarters in the cellar of the house. On Monday night, Ravi and his associates laced the food with sedatives. As Sailaja ate chapatis that were not laced with the sedatives, she woke up earlier than the others and realised that the four servants and the valuables were missing,” police said. Police said that the family’s driver Srinivas had also fallen unconscious.
The family members and the driver have been admitted to a hospital and are said to be out of danger.
Madhapur DCP M Venkateshwarulu said that the accused took away cell phones of the family members and dumped them in another place. The accused also took away digital video recorders of the CCTV cameras.
“We are verifying the nearby CCTV camera footage. Our teams were sent to railway stations in the city and one team has gone to Nepal border,” the DCP said.