Ten armed dacoits created havoc for lovanshi family of Hinotia Alam village after they attacked with sharp-edged weapons and wooden sticks injuring three family members and robbed them of Rs 1 lakh cash and gold jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh late on Tuesday night.
Sketch of one of the suspects has been released by police after one of the victim Rakesh raised suspicion that he had spotted one of the dacoits and based on his details, a sketch was prepared. A cash reward of Rs 10,000 has been declared by SP Arvind Saxena for providing information on the dacoits.
Superintendent of Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena said that around 8-10 masked armed men wearing only under garments attacked a family and robbed Rs 1 lakh cash and gold jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh.
The incident took place at around 12.30 in the night when the family was asleep. At the time of the incident Sodhra Bai (60), his sons Kedar, Rakesh and Suraj, and their wives Anita, Rekha and Dipika were present, he added.
The family members were asleep and were shocked to found dacoits. One of the family members, Kedar, tried to oppose but was attacked with wooden sticks on his head injuring him severely and later Rakesh and Suraj were attacked as they opposed after which the family gave up. The male family members were locked inside and women were told to shed cash and gold jewellery.
Kedar was rushed to JK hospital where his condition is reportedly stable.
Five police teams have been set up and search has been intensified. SDOP Misrod Atik Ahmad Khan, CSP Govindpura Virendra Mishra and station house officers of seven police stations would investigate the case.
Kedar's son Ankit managed to escape and informed the villagers who rushed to rescue and were stone-pelted by dacoits and later managed to escape.
At the moment it could not be ascertained that it was an act of Chaddi-Baniyan gang as the area where the dacoity was committed has several under-construction building providing a temporary shelter for groups of labourers.
The police have registered a case under sections 395, 397 of the IPC and have started investigation.