Vadodara: Detection of crime branch (DCB) has formed several teams to track down the four robbers who broke into a house and robbed a family on Ajwa Road in the city. Police said that they have CCTV footage from the night of the robbery . "We are working on clues from the footage and will track them down soon," said a senior crime branch official.
Early on Sunday morning, the robbers arrived at Navjivan Society in a car and broke into the house of Ashok Kumar Singhal, a businessman. Police said they had stolen the car a day earlier from the Karelibaug area. Singhal, his wife and son were sleeping in the same room when the robbers tried to open the door to the room.
Singhal heard a noise and woke to find the robbers attempting to open the door. He and his family tried to stop the accused from entering, but they broke open the door. The robbers, who were armed with a sword and knives, threatened to kill the family and stole jewellery worth lakhs of rupees from Singhal and his wife.
They also broke open a safe. The robbers made off with items worth Rs 11.75 lakh.
Rumours of armed robbers moving around in the city during the night are already keeping the people on edge. Police have intensified night patrolling to quell the rumours and reassure people that the city is safe. BOX Mob assaults man suspected to be thief, hands him over to police A young man suspected to be a thief was caught by residents of Sevasi village early on Monday morning.
The villagers saw him moving about sus.