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Chilli powder as weapon: Robbers smoke out Ghaziabad family, loot <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>4 lakh of valuables
Chilli powder as weapon: Robbers smoke out Ghaziabad family, loot ₹4 lakh of valuables
Police suspect the attackers may be locals or known to the family after they appeared to have detailed information about the household.
Several armed robbers barged into a family’s house in Kalchhina near Modinagar early Tuesday and fled with cash and valuables worth ₹3-4 lakh after holding the family hostage, police said.
Robbers spend nearly an hour inside house
Police said the incident took place around 2am , with the robbers staying inside the house for about an hour. There were five people inside the house during the incident, police said, adding that an FIR has been registered under Section 309(4) (robbery) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Bhojpur police station.
“There were several men armed with knives who entered the house and fled with cash and jewellery items from the family while holding them hostage. The suspects targeted the house as it is on the outskirts of the locality,” said Siddharth Gautam, assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Modinagar.