India, Dec. 28 -- Two housekeepers were booked for allegedly decamping with cash, diamonds, and gold jewellery worth approximately Rs.1 crore from a bungalow in Sector 15 Part-I after sedating the occupants just two days after being hired, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, police said, adding that at least Rs.55 lakh in cash, besides the jewellery, was stolen.

A businessman, aged 55 years, along with his 51-year-old wife and 27-year-old son, lived in the two-storey bungalow, police said. Investigators said the house owner had to be admitted to a private hospital in the city, where he remained in the intensive care unit for at least two days after falling ill due to the s...