An armed gang made away with cash and gold ornaments worth `7 lakh from a doctor’s house after threatening him and his family members on Tuesday morning.
The police said the incident took place at around 8 am at Sakchi near Shitla Mandir. Dr NN Tripathi, a former doctor of Tata Main Hospital, and his family were taken hostage by four robbers, who came to meet the doctor on the pretext of patient. As they entered the house they took hostage of the doctor, his wife and daughter and tied them with ropes.
The intruders, who were carrying guns and a knife, forced the doctor to sit on a sofa in the living room. Before leaving the house around at around 9.30 am they threatened the family not to inform the police.