In a recent incident highlighting lack of safety of senior citizens in the national Capital, a 70-year-old businessman along with his wife were held hostage at gunpoint and their house looted in East Delhi’s Madhu Vihar area.
The incident took place on Monday evening when the elderly man, Virender Kumar Bansal, who runs a sanitary products shop in Chawri Bazaar was attacked by four men right outside the gate of his house. The accused thrashed Virender with the butt of the pistol on his head, which left him bleeding.
“On Monday evening, when Virender Bansal was about to knock on the main door of his house, four men surrounded him. They pointed pistols at him and took him inside his home where his wife, Jaimala Bindal was also held at gunpoint. As per the statements given by Virender Bindal, the four men tied him and his wife with old bed-sheets to a chair” , said a police officer.
They decamped with gold and cash worth Rs 80,000 from the almirah of Bindals,” said a senior police officer.
Virender somehow managed to free himself and called the police control room and his son, Ashish, who lives in IP Extension area. Virender’s son rushed him to a nearby hospital where he is undergoing treatment.
A case has been registered at the Madhu Vihar police station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The senior police officer said that as per the preliminary investigation, they suspect that the accused had conducted a recce of the area where Bindals live. They knew the timings and watched movements Virender Bindal. The incident took place when Bindal returned home from his shop in chawri Bazaar. Moreover, we also suspect the role of their domestic help who had been absconding since Tuesday, the official added.