More then half a dozen armed miscreants robbed retired Colonel house after he raised alert forcing miscreants escape his house at Pooja Colony under Ratibad police station area late night on Sunday; miscreants escaped with a purse carrying Rs 35000 cash and documents.
Panic prevailed in Pooja Colony after seven armed miscreants managed to get inside house of SN Pandey but failed to steal valuables as the family members woke up after the miscreants entered the house.
CSP TT Nagar Satish Samadhiya said that the miscreants could be seen in the CCTV footage and investigation has been started to search for the accused.
A dacoity case has not been registered and in investigation if it would be found case of dacoity would be registered. The family members, domestic help, security guard were at the house at the time of the incident, he added.
Interestingly domestic help and security guard remained asleep and dogs failed to bark which were tied when the miscreants made their way by cutting grill of the window but victim’s daughter woke up after hearing noise and found miscreants. The family members raised alert which forced the miscreants to escape the house.
Police suspects that some insider has tipped off regarding valuables as marriage of victim’s daughter is scheduled on January 30.
After the preliminary investigation police have registered case under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC and started further investigation.