Berasia police have booked five miscreants for assaulting and theft of Rs 80,000 from two persons at Tirupati colony in the evening on Saturday; armed miscreants assaulted the family members and escaped with valuables.
Police said that the victim Vishwajeet Sarkar and his wife Roopa Sarkar and three children were robbed by armed miscreants.
The miscreants armed with pistols and sharp edged weapons held the family members captive and assaulted Vishwajeet and attacked him with sword on head and hand when he opposed and his wife was also injured in a bid of save him. The victims held the couple and children captive at knife-point and took valuables
At time of the incident Roopa’s two daughters Rubi and Rani and son Rudra was present at home. Rubi informed Dial 100 police which alerted the miscreants and accused managed to flee from the spot.
The police took the injured Vishwajeet and his wife Roopa to nearby hospital. The police have registered a case of theft and assault. Victim told the police that they were preparing for the festival of Diwali.
In their complaint the victim stated that there were five miscreants barged into the house and four held them captive while one remained outside to vigil. The miscreant outside alerted the four miscreants when the police arrived and they escaped. Victim was not able to provide any dispute or old enmity which might have lead to the attack.