A group of armed robbers on Thursday struck at the house of a Congress leader and looted cash and ornaments worth Rs 4.5 lakhs by taking hostage his family in Chhattisgarh Bilaspur district, police said.
The incident took place when the Secretary of Bilaspur District Congress Committee (Rural) Takeshwar Patle was not at home in Limtara village, Bilaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Parul Mathur said.
Nine masked robbers stormed Patle’s house and took hostage the women and children after flashing a country made pistol and knives.
They decamped with Rs 2.5 lakh in cash and ornaments valued at Rs 1.5 to 2 lakhs, she said. None of the family members were hurt in the incident.