Ludhiana: A domestic help from Nepal and his three accomplices held captive his employer, who is municipal corporation zone-D superintendent, and stole Rs 6 lakh in cash, gold and diamond jewellery from the Model Town house on Saturday evening. The victim had hired the domestic help 15 days ago.
The Model Town police have lodged a case against the domestic help, Rajesh Kumar Dhami, of Nepal and his three unidentified accomplices.
Complainant Avinash Sharma, 45, said she, her husband Pawan Sharma and son Deepakar live in their Model Town house and about three months ago they had hired a domestic help, Mohan Kumar, of Nepal. About 15 days ago, Mohan went to his hometown and sent Rajesh Kumar Dhami as his replacement.
Avinash said on Saturday evening when she was sitting alone at home, three masked men barged into her house and they all were speaking in Nepalese. They held her captive, started ransacking the house and threatened her to keep mum. The accused escaped with Rs 6 lakh in cash, 100g gold jewellery, two diamond bracelets and two diamond necklaces, she claimed.
She said when the accused left, Rajesh came up to her and pretended that the robbers had tied him up with ropes. When she questioned him, Rajesh also escaped from there. Avinash said when the robbers were inside the house, their gardener came and the accused saw him in a LED connected to the CCTV installed at the main door, but did not let her open the door. The gardener left after waiting for a few minutes, and after that the accused too escaped.
ASI Pardeep Singh, who is investigating the case, said a case under sections 380 (theft in dwelling house), 381 (theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master), 454 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC has been lodged against the accused. The accused have been captured in the CCTVs installed in the house.