Two miscreants who held captive and robbed a 68-year-old woman of Rs 30,000 cash at Indrapuri on Tuesday still out of police reach; Piplani police have intensified search for the accused.
Police said that the victim Meena Kapoor was robbed by two miscreants by keeping her captive in the afternoon at her residence when she was alone.
The victim’s husband retired from BHEL and had gone to hospital while the victim was alone at the time of the robbery.
A complaint was lodged with the Piplani police stating that in the afternoon two persons came to her house and introduced themselves at employees of MPSEB and came for noting usage of power by checking electricity meter. For entering the house they asked women that electricity meter is showing higher reading than the actual consumption and they have come to check the electricity meter. The victim after getting assured allowed entry of the accused and on entering the house they held her captive and robbed her at knife point. They took keys and escaped with Rs 30000 cash. After her husband returned victim reported the incident and a case was lodged.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 392 of the IPC and started further investigation.
Police have checked the CCTV footages of the nearby installed cameras and in the investigation domestic help and security guards would be quizzed. The accused threatened not to report the incident to the police before leaving the house.