A gang of armed dacoits committed robbery in the residence of a truck owner at Kashia (Kha) village near Bhadrasahi under the Barbil police limits in Keonjhar district late on Friday night.
Sources revealed that after giving payments to truck drivers and helpers at his Bhadrsahi office, the truck owner Gautam Palei returned to his home in Kashia (Kha) at about 10 pm. After a few minutes of his arrival at his house some one knocked the door and when he opened it seven people caught hold of him and attacked him suddenly.
When his wife saw that he was being attacked, she immediately managed to close the door and called up the neighbours over phone.The dacoits snatched Gautam’s gold chain and ring. When the villagers woke up, the dacoits hurled some bombs on them and escaped. Investigation into the crime was on, said Badbil SDPO Ajay Swain.Meanwhile, the police detained a person in this connection.