Odisha

Elderly Couple Locked Up In House, Robbed In Bhubaneswar

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants looted a house after locking up an elderly couple inside a room at Divya Vihar in Samantarapur here late on Monday.

According to sources, six to seven miscreants entered the house of one Bishnu Charan Palai, a retired bank employee, in Lane-7 of the area by breaking a window grill.

Hearing the noise, Bishnu and his wife Arati woke up. At this, the miscreants locked the couple inside a room where their daughter and granddaughter were sleeping and looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth Rs 5 lakh.

The incident came to light on Tuesday after the couple was rescued by people living in their house on rent.

The victims have lodged a complaint with Lingaraj police and investigation is underway.

OB Bureau

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