PATNA, Jan. 30 -- Five armed criminals looted ornaments worth Rs.5 lakh from the house of a doctor couple after holding the family hostage at TV Tower, Gandhinagar, under Agamkuan police station limits late on Thursday night, police said.

According to the police, the incident occurred when five armed criminals arrived in a Bolero vehicle and entered the premises by scaling the boundary wall. The doctor's parents, Sharda Devi and Indradev Prasad, were present on the ground floor.

"The criminals broke open the door and held the elderly couple hostage at gunpoint. They assaulted them with pistol butts. The father sustained an injury near his teeth, while the mother was hit on the shoulder," police said.

Hearing their parents' cries, the d...