Nov 26, 2024 02:51 PM IST
4 masked males barge into home of 82-year-old girl, who stayed alone in Sector 27 SCF at 3.10am and decamp with gold jewelry value ₹40 lakh in addition to ₹35,000.
An 82-year-old girl was held hostage at gunpoint in her first-floor flat and robbed of gold jewelry value ₹40 lakh in addition to ₹35,000 money within the Sector 27 market of Chandigarh early on Tuesday.
Raksha Sharma, 82, getting her assertion recorded after the theft at her home in Sector 27, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
Police stated 4 masked males barged into SCF (shop-cum-flat) no 1, the place Raksha Sharma lives alone, at 3.10am and robbed her at gunpoint. It took the robbers half-an-hour to ransack the home and flee with the jewelry and the money after restraining the aged girl, who later reported the incident to the police.
Police sources stated the lady’s husband handed away because of age-related illnesses final 12 months. Their solely son relies overseas. The couple owned the {hardware} store on the bottom flooring and stayed on the primary flooring.
They stated the intruders gained entry by climbing the grill of a transformer adjoining the home. As soon as inside, they locked the gate and entered the home to keep away from any escape and suspicion.
The robbers tied the lady’s palms and one in all them held a gun to her head, whereas the remainder ransacked the home for valuables.
The girl stated the robbers had been talking in Haryanvi accent. “They seemed to know exactly where to find the valuables,” she advised the police, indicating the involvement of somebody who knew about the home.
A group of the Chandigarh Police and the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) gathered proof, together with sharp-edged weapons left behind by the robbers.
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