Capital robbery: 4 of family held hostage
New Delhi, April 18 -- Four members of a family - an elderly couple, their daughter-in-law, and their minor grandchild - were allegedly "held hostage", "manhandled" and robbed of gold and cash inside their house in the upscale Golf Links area by a group of five to six men, allegedly led by the family's recently hired domestic help, investigators aware of the matter said on Friday.
The victim family owns a liquor business and lives near Tughlaq Road. The elderly man is the chairman and managing director of the liquor firm owned by the family, according to two investigators aware of the case details, who asked not to be identified. According to investigators, the domestic help, hired "five to six days ago," entered the house with five accomplices on Thursday evening. No arrests have been made yet.
Senior police officers said the incident appeared to be "planned." The house help entered the house with five of his friends around 7.30-8pm. The men carried sticks and house-breaking tools to "scare" the family members, said the first officer. "All the accused gained entry and then manhandled the family members," a senior police officer said. HT reached out to the liquor company owner's son, but he said the family is not ready to release a statement on the matter yet....
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