Twin horrific incidents of robbery and loot took place in the separate houses located in front of Birsa Munda Stadium in Hesaudi locality under Sadar police station of Seraikela Kharsawan in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Armed criminals barged into two houses and committed dacoity and burglary in a residential area in Seraikela.
The criminals first looted the house of Dr Pradeep Pati in Hesaudi locality of the township, another was targeted belonging to Avantikanath Hota. Avantikanath’s son Shuvendu Hota is posted at the Prime Minister Office ( PMO) in New Delhi.
The dacoits, around eight in number, break open the front door of the house to enter the house of Dr Pradeep. At the time of incident, the doctor who is posted at the Seraikela Sadar Hospital was sleeping, but his son, Dr Saurabh Pati, was sleeping in the front room.
According to members of the victims’ family, the criminals fished out a gun and trained on Saurabh’s head.
“We were shocked to see the sudden change of events. Dr Pradeep and his daughter rushed to the front room. Before we could think of anything the criminals nabbed the girl and snatched her gold earrings forcibly. They also snatched two smartphones from Dr Pradeep and his son respectively, “ said a family member.
Shocked to see criminals overpowering, Dr Pradeep tried to protest, but one of the dacoits hit him in his head with a hard substance, causing him to sustain injury.
The house of Avantikanath was also burgled by them. According to sources, Avantikanath’s son Shuvendu Hota is posted at the Prime Minister Office in New Delhi. Both Avantikanath and wife Pushpa had gone over to their son’s place in New Delhi. Sources said the criminals had broken all the almirahs at Avantikanath’s house.
OC, Seraikela police station, Manohar Kumar confirmed about the dacoity and the burglary at Hesaudi locality in Seraikela in the wee hours.
“The investigation is on and we are trying to locate the criminals involved. A police team had rushed to Dr Pradeep’s house after getting the information at about 2.30 am today. We have recovered the two smartphones outside the victims’ house. They must have snatched the smartphones so as to prevent the victims from informing the police, “ said Kumar. He also said that the senior doctor sustained injury during the dacoity.