Two unidentified men beat up a 65-year-old woman, who was alone in her residence, and made off with her jewellery. The robbery took place near her house at Southwest Delhi’s Bindapur area on Tuesday morning.
According to police, the sexagenarian, Manju Sharma, was targeted by the robbers near her house. The duo attacked her when she tried to raise an alarm. As she fainted on the ground, the duo removed her gold chain. Sharma has been admitted to a hospital while the police are looking for the criminals.
“Two unidentified men targeted the woman seeing her alone” said a police officer. “The first one grabbed her and the second punched her repeatedly at her stomach. She fainted. The accused fled away after robbing of her gold chain, ring and earrings” a police officer of Southwest district said.
“Sharma’s relatives found her lying on ground, they rushed her to a nearby nursing home,” added police officer. “We have collected CCTV grabs,” said a Police officer investigating the case.”
Sharma is recovering, her one of the relatives said, “Such an attack on elderly citizens is frightening. We never expected such an attack at our doorsteps. security must be increased in our area”.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has registered a case in Bindapur police station under appropriate IPC sections and further investigation is underway.