India, Jan. 26 -- A miscreant allegedly looted cash and gold ornaments worth Rs.50 lakh from the residence of senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik late Saturday night, according to police.

The CCTV cameras installed in the house captured the robber, who had masked his face, entering the house around 2.40 am when the family members were asleep. He was inside the house for about an hour, said a police officer.

Patnaik, also the former president of the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), said the robber entered the second floor of the building through a window, where his elder son, Devjyoti, and his family reside. Devjyoti and his wife were away when the robbery took place, he said.

"I and my wife were asleep on the first floor w...