Garment trader,family taken hostage,robbed of Rs 7 lakh in East Delhi

Bansal’s wife,Madhu had gone outside to buy milk. When Bansal opened the door,when four assailants,armed with countrymade pistols,barged into the house brandishing their weapons. Police said that two of the accused took the businessman and his son,Honey,hostage.

“The robbers asked for the keys of the lockers and took out jewellery worth Rs 2 lakh besides Rs 5 lakh in cash from the lockers. The assailants were familiar with the plan of the house,” said a police official.

The police officer said while the robbers were busy ransacking the house,Bansal’s wife returned home and tried to raise an alarm. However,she was spotted by one of the assailants and taken hostage.

“She was threatened with dire consequences if she screamed. By then,the family’s domestic help also reached the place,and she,too,was held hostage. The robbers got out of the house,locked the door from outside and fled the spot,” the official added.

The family was rescued by neighbours after they screamed for help. Bansal then called up the police. Bansal’s wife,Madhu,and their help were taken to the hospital for first aid.

“A case of robbery has been registered against unknown assailants at Gandhi Nagar police station. We have collected fingerprints from the spot,” a senior police officer added.

Bansal runs his garment business from the first and second floors of his three-storeyed building.

Gas agency owner robbed:
In another incident,a gas agency owner was robbed of Rs 13 lakh in Najafgarh,Southwest Delhi. Police said six armed men barged into the house of one Anil Vats near the New Telephone Exchange. Vats and his family had gone to attend a marriage and only his domestic was at home,police said. Vats’ help told them that around six men and a woman knocked on the door on Sunday night and barged into the house,brandishing weapons. They held the help hostage. After they fled,the help called Vats and told him about the incident. Vats told police that Rs 2.5 lakh in cash and jewellery worth Rs 12 lakh was robbed.