This story is from September 10, 2019

80-year-old, daughter held hostage, robbed in Delhi's Sarita Vihar

An 80-year-old woman and her daughter were drugged, gagged, manhandled and held hostage at gunpoint in their Sarita Vihar house by their newly employed domestic help and two men who then ransacked the house of cash and jewellery worth several lakhs.
80-year-old, daughter held hostage, robbed in Delhi's Sarita Vihar
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NEW DELHI: An 80-year-old woman and her daughter were drugged, gagged, manhandled and held hostage at gunpoint in their Sarita Vihar house by their newly employed domestic help and two men who then ransacked the house of cash and jewellery worth several lakhs. Later, the two fell unconscious and had to be hospitalised.
The daughter, an employee of a private firm, said she hired the help on August 31, two days before the incident, through a placement agency to take care of her mother who had undergone a knee replacement surgery.
“Though the girl was initially rejected by us, the agency insisted we keep her for trial for three days, claiming she was an excellent worker,” the daughter told TOI.
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Police were yet to arrest anyone though the incident had taken place a week ago.
No arrests in Sarita Vihar robbery
TOI is withholding the identity of the mother and daughter as they have requested anonymity for their own security.
Sharing the ordeal, the daughter told that on September 2, soon after having lunch prepared by the domestic help, she and her mother went to rest in their room. However, she was woken up by some noise. She saw the help ransacking the house along with the two men, who were armed with a khukri and a pistol. The three attacked her and asked her where the valuables were, warning her she would otherwise be shot.
After this, one of the robbers stood guard with a gun while the others went to all the bedrooms, ransacked the entire house and took away all valuables. They also took away the DVR of CCTV cameras installed in the house.
“It was only after they had left that I was somehow able to dial 100. By the time police arrived, we were both unconscious from the effects of the sedative which was mixed in the lunch,” the daughter said, adding that she also suffered injuries on her head. The blood reports from hospital also indicated the presence of drugs, police said.
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