In a shocking incident of dacoity, a gang of armed robbers swooped over three flats in a residential complex and decamped with cash and gold ornaments worth over Rs 50 lakh at Pardih under Mango police station area located in the wee hours of Wednesday.
According to information, the robbers who were about 10 in numbers entered into the flats after breaking the grills and front doors, tied the inmates and robbed the cash and jeweleries at gun point at Chandra Mohan Mahto Complex in Parmeshwar Colony between 12.30 am to 2 am.The flats where the robbers struck belonged to Radheshyam Nandi, a businessman, Yuvraj Singh, a telecom engineer and Ashish Reddy, accountant of Madhucon, a leading road construction company. Sources informed that from Nandi’s house located on the ground floor, the robbers took away gold ornaments worth Rs 26 lakh beside Rs 6 lakh cash, from Yuvraj’s house located on the second floor of the apartment they took gold ornaments worth Rs 15 lakh and Rs 3 lakh cash and from the house of Reddy the criminals took away Rs 22,000 cash, a gold ring and his cell-phone.
Senior SP, Anoop T Mathew rushed to the houses and said that the police team has swung into investigation after the incident. Officer-in-charge, Mango police station, Fulan Nath confirmed about the serial robberies at Pardih in the wee hours today. “We are investigating the incident and have gathered some clue to the criminals involved robberies. There were about a dozen criminals involved in the serial crime. Though some of them were from Kapali area under adjoining Chandil police station area, but the robbers had gathered at that slum before committing the crime. We will raid the slum tonight,” said Nath. According to the victims, the robbers, most of whom were in their mid-twenties had first swooped over loan security guard, Bhagwan Singh at the entrance of the residential complex. After tying his hands and legs, the criminals had carried the guard to the basement of the apartment, having kept two of their men for guarding the flat.
First they had entered Reddys flat. Reddy (30) who is a bachelorand stays alone at the flat. After entering into his house, the criminals took Rs 22,000 and his gold ring after tying his hands from behind. Having robbed Reddy, the criminals brought him to the adjoining flat, at the house of Yuvraj Singh and made him to sit on a chair facing toward the wall.
At Nandi’s house the criminals had entered at about 2.40 am. Nandi was away for business work and at the house was his wife Puja and two daughters — elder Ishita (14) and Nishita (7). Her daughter said after opening the almirah they collected Rs 6 lakh cash and all the gold ornaments, worth over Rs 32 lakh and packed them all in a suitcase which they picked up from the house and fled.