Businessman robbed of cash, gold ornaments

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A gang of armed assailants entered the house of a businessman under the guise of policemen and robbed the family of Rs 60 lakhs in cash along with 500 grams of gold ornaments.

The incident took place at a house in Peenya Police Station limits on Monday night.

The victim, Manohar is a resident of HMT Layout and owns a factory in Peenya.

The incident took place when he had gone out for some work while his wife, Sujata and son, Rupesh, were at home. According to the complaint, around 7:30 pm a gang of five to six armed men barged into the victim's house and threatened his wife and son with daggers and machetes.

The victim alleged that his son, Rupesh, was assaulted by the miscreants. The men searched around the house and robbed valuables including Rs 60 lakh in cash and 500 grams of gold ornaments.

 The victim stated that the robbers dismantled the CCTV cameras and decamped with the valuables and DVR from the house. As soon as the matter was revealed to Manohar, a complaint was filed at the jurisdictional police station.

A probe has been launched to nab the absconding accused.