Seven masked miscreants looted cash and jewellery at gunpoint from the house of a resident Birju Sahu of village Machhadhora under the Umarkote police station late on Monday night.
The entered into the bed room of the house by breaking the main door and tied Birju and terrorised them by brandishing gun and other lethal weapons.
Terrified Birju's wife handed over the key of the almirah to the dacoits and they looted Rs 6.5lakhs cash, 100 grams of gold and five litres of petrol.
On Wednesday, police began investigation with the help of sniffer dog and forensic team. The dacoits were conversing in Hindi and local language, so involvement of locals can’t be ruled out, said police.
The cops suspect that the dacoits might have come by bikes because they had taken five litre of petrol with them. Investigation is on said, Umarkote SDPO Hemanta Pad.