A woman was robbed of jewellery worth 21.5 lakh when she was in her house during broad daylight. The incident took place in New Manish Nagar, Beltarodi. Govind Raj works in marketing field. His fami ly consists of wife Yogita and parents. His father and mother are both retired bank officials.
After Govind had gone to work, his parents and wife were home. Yogita was sleeping in the bedroom at 3 in the afternoon on Tuesday. Govind’s parents are pensioners, they had gone to a bank in Somalwada at around 2.30 pm.
While leaving home, they locked the door from outside. At around 3.15 pm, two men barged into the house. When they reached the bedroom, they saw Yogita sleeping there.
They woke Yogita up and pointed knife to her throat. They had threat ened to kill her if she made noise. Yogita decid ed to stay silent after the threat.
Following this, the rob bers removed the mangal sutra, necklace, bangle from Yogita’s neck. Then they started searching for valuables in the house and they found an oil lamp made of silver at worship place. After that, they fled from the house, locking the door from outside. Yogita informed her husband about the incident.
After this, a complaint was lodged in Beltarodi police station. Considering the severity of the case, police took immediate action.
They are trying to trace the accused wit the help of CCTV footage in the area. Citizens in the area are in panic due to the incident.
