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Robbers target elderly couple, get away with Rs 45k | Ludhiana News - Net4News

Ludhiana: Four armed men barged into the house of an elderly couple in SBS Nagar, threatened them and escaped with Rs 45,000 on Friday morning. The elderly man, who is also an elected president of his locality — Kabeer Cooperative house building self supporting society — was about to leave for morning walk at 5am when the incident occurred. Dugri police have registered a case against four unidentified accused, on the complaint of Paramjeet Singh, 76. Paramjeet said he lived with his wife in the house. As per his daily routine, he was about to leave for morning walk at 5am. But when he had reached near the main gate of the house, four men entered the house, scaling the boundary wall. The accused were wearing masks and armed with sharp-edged weapons. He claimed that the accused took him inside the house and stuffed a piece of cloth in his and his wife’s mouth to stop them from raising an alarm. The accused then opened the almirah and started searching for cash and valuables. The accused spent about half an hour and kept frisking almirahs one after the other. They took away Rs 35,000 in cash from an almirah and Rs 10,000 in my wallet. While fleeing, the accused also took the keys of the house and car. Inspector Surinder Chopra, SHO, Dugri police station, said the CCTV cameras were installed in the house, however the accused took away the DVR. A case has been registered and the police are scanning more CCTV cameras installed in the locality to trace the accused. FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Source link Read the full article