Armed men barge into Chandigarh house, loot jewellery and cash worth Rs 50 lakh; take away CCTV cameras

A case of dacoity and robbery has been registered at the Sector-34 police station. “Investigations are on,” said deputy superintendent of police (south) Deepak Yadav.

Four masked men barged into a businessman’s house in Sector 33 and took away jewellery worth around Rs 50 lakh and cash at gunpoint late on Tuesday evening. Ajit Jain, who owns a cold storage in Lalru, said his wife and daughter were at home when robbers struck there (house number 180).

Investigation underway at the house in Sector 33, Chandigarh. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Pointing pistols at them, they kept them hostage. Later, they fled with jewellery and cash. They also took away the storage device of closed-circuit television cameras installed in the house, so that they could not be identified.

A case of dacoity and robbery has been registered at the Sector-34 police station. “Investigations are on,” said deputy superintendent of police (south) Deepak Yadav.