Dacoits strike in Karnal Bollywood style

Karnal, Mar 28 (UNI) In a Bollywood-style crime, six masked dacoits held a man hostage and used him to loot cash and valuables worth lakhs from neighbours in same building today.

The criminals forced entry into the house of Reliance Insurance Manager, Punit Saxena, a tenant in a multi-storey house in sector 7 here and held him hostage after snatching two mobiles, gold ring and bangles of his wife.

They then rang the bell of the landlord, P G Arora, and forced Punit to respond when his wife Leela Arora asked who was at the door. When she opened the door to let Punit in, the gang barged into the house and beat P G Arora, who tried to protest.

They snatched about Rs 70,000 cash and jewellery worth one lakh from Aroras before binding them.

They then moved to the house of another tenants Rajan Khurana and Anjali using Punit. Before binding the couple, one diamond ring and two ear-rings and two mobile sets were looted from them.

To round up the ''operation' they took Punit back and locked him and others in a bathroom of the building.

The daring style of the dacoity has created panic in the town.

SSP A S Chawla who reached the spot promptly, said police forensic experts and dog squads had been pressed into service and a case had been registered.

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