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Alarms buzz, robbers loot, son sleeps on: Bizarre heist at retired judge's house in Indore caught on cam
The robbery took place at the residence of retired Justice Ramesh Garg in Indore's upscale Vijay Nagar at around 3:30 am on Sunday, August 10.
In what could easily qualify for the “smoothest robbery” award, three masked men looted cash and jewellery worth ₹5 lakh from a house in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, all while the alarm system buzzed in vain, failing to wake a family member near whom a robber stood poised with a rod to attack.
The robbery took place at the residence of retired Justice Ramesh Garg in Indore’s upscale Vijay Nagar area at around 3:30 am on Sunday, August 10, according to an NDTV report, which added that the entire heist lasted just four minutes and ten seconds.
The thieves allegedly broke the lock on the main gate and forced open an almirah inside the bungalow, all while Justice Garg’s family remained sound asleep.
Alarm system fails to alert family
The most shocking part? The family's alarm system failed to alert Justice Garg's son, Ritvik, giving the intruders a clean window to escape unnoticed.
A video now making rounds on social media shows one thief calmly standing guard with a rod near Justice Garg's son, Ritvik, who sleeps on amid ringing alarm bell. Another robber, meanwhile, carries out the loot in the room.
The gang cut through an iron window grille to get in-despite a security guard being posted outside the house, the report said. Meanwhile, Ritvik's wife and children were asleep in another room, completely unaware that a robbery was unfolding just feet away.
Whether Ritvik was actually asleep or pretended to be sleeping to escape an attack by the robbers is not known.
Vijay Nagar police have registered a case and launched a full investigation. Authorities are reviewing CCTV footage from the area to track down the culprits.
In an unrelated incident, a 27-year-old woman disguised as a man to gain entry into the residence of her sister's father-in-law and robbed jewellery of more than ₹1.5 crore from the house in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place at Manickpur in Vasai area on Monday afternoon and the woman was apprehended from Navsari in Gujarat the same night, PTI news agency quoted police.
The accused, dressed up as a man, came to the house of her sister's 66-year-old father-in-law, who lived alone, under the pretext of wanting to see it for some deal.
