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In a startling set of incidents, a group of masked and armed criminals allegedly climbed onto the rooftop of a house, broke in through the rear, and held the family of a businessman hostage at gunpoint, before decamping with cash and valuables extracted in return for the innocent lives.
The late-night robbery took place in Kandabahal village under Sundargarh Sadar police station limits on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
Sources reported that the robbers entered the house of a local businessman, identified as Pradip Patel, around midnight.
Brandishing firearms, they physically assaulted family members, tied them u...