Six unidentified armed assailants, belonging to a Bawaria tribal community, looted cash, jewellery and other valuables worth lakhs from six houses in Ghaziabad and also critically injured some of the residents, who resisted the loot.
The incident occurred on Tuesday night in Jawali locality under loni Police station of Ghaziabad. Police said six dacoits armed with iron rods and knives, who had applied oil on their bodies, wearing only undergarments barged into the houses.
They had come in Maruti Eeco van and hit the house of Delhi Police constable Anoop Upadhyay, who is posted at Dilshad Garden Police station. The dacoits even took away Upadhyay’s uniform and mobile phone along with cash and jewellery. After this, they attacked the houses of two Delhi Police Sub Inspectors — Harbir Singh and Nepal Singh. The dacoits attacked two other houses as well.
One of the victims has been identified as Jaivir Singh, who is an employee of DMRC. Having robbed all valuables, the dacoits attacked the sleeping couple with an iron rod. The two children of the couple somehow managed to hide themselves in the house. The dacoits, after critically injuring them, they took every item available in the house.