In a daring armed burglary on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, about half a dozen armed robbers broke into the house of a property dealer Sumit Jain at Manav Vihar Colony in Kashipur (Udham Singh Nagar), cutting the iron nets of the kitchen and fled with jewellery worth lakhs of rupees. Police informed that the robbery had happened occurred around 1.45 am.
Police said that as Sumit had resisted the robbers they had hit him with sticks following which he had fallen unconscious. When Sumit’s mother had screamed for help she had been beaten too. After regaining his consciousness, Sumit had informed his neighbours and also the police. Senior police officers, including SSP Sadanand Date reached the site.
Forensic team and dog squad had followed. Police also recorded the statements of Sumit and his mother following which a case under appropriate sections of IPC was registered against some unidentified persons in Kashipur police station. A senior police officer said that five teams, including SOG, have been formed to crack the case. The people of the district are scared with robberies happening at regular intervals here with police failing to stop them.