Unidentified miscreants broke into the house of a businessman at Bagadihi village in the wee hours of Thursday and looted gold ornaments and valuables.
Nearly 10 to12 masked men broke the window grill of the puja room and entered the house of businessman Shyamlal Agarwal, at about 3:30 am. They threatened Shyamlal and his wife Manju and looted gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 21 lakh.
They also took a mobile phone and while leaving, they tore off a saree and tied up both Shyamlal and his wife.
Shyamlal said that the robbers rummaged his house for 30 minutes to commit the crime. “All the robbers were in the age group of 20 and 25. They were speaking in Gujarati and Jharkhandi,” he added.
The Bagadihi and the Laikera police rushed to the spot and have begun investigation into the robbery.