A 75-year-old physician and his 68-year-old spouse have been tied up by a gang of robbers and looted money and jewelery price round Rs 66 lakh at knifepoint on Thursday at Lonavala hill station in Pune district. Several groups of Pune Rural Police have began hunt for the suspects whose quantity was no less than 10.
According to data supplied by Pune Rural Police officers, the gang of robbers struck at round 1 am when Dr Hiralal Khandelwal (75) and his spouse Vijaya (68) have been sleeping of their first flooring home whereas their three workers have been on the bottom flooring. Clinic.
Inspector Dilip Pawar of Lonavala Town police station stated, “Our preliminary investigation means that the dacoits entered the first-floor home by climbing via an open window. We now know that six of them entered the home, whereas no less than 4 others have been outdoors the constructing to maintain watch. Khandelwal and his spouse have been tied up and the dacoits robbed a few money and jewelery at knife level. They have instructed us that dacoits have looted Rs 50 lakh in money and jewelery price Rs 16 lakh.
The incident was reported to the police shortly after the dacoits fled at round 3 pm.
Vivek Patil, Additional Superintendent of Pune Rural Police, stated, “We have began the seek for the suspects and several other groups from the native police station and the native crime department are engaged on the out there leads.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
