House staff flee with Rs 3 crore items in west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh

NEW DELHI: Police have arrested two men who allegedly sedated an elderly couple at their house in west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh last week and fled with jewellery, cash and valuables worth Rs 3 crore. The two men worked as house help for the couple. Two women associates of the men are absconding and a search for them is underway.
When the incident apparently took place last Saturday, the couple, who ran a travel agency in Moti Bagh, was alone at home.Police said when the children returned home, they found the parents unconscious in their room and the two house workers similarly unconscious in the kitchen. The house had been ransacked.
The children informed the cops and crime and forensics teams were called to the spot. "The family has claimed that four of the house helps, including two women, fled with diamond and gold jewellery, watches and Rs 80 lakh in cash, everything totalling around Rs 3 crore. They also claimed the accused had fled in a Fortuner car belonging to the household," said a police officer.
Prashant Gautam, additional DCP (West), revealed that during investigation, the police team gathered information from the couple and their family members about the four domestic workers. “After they were identified, police launched technical surveillance that helped us zero in on two of them. Their location was determined to be in Uttarakhand,” the officer said. “We had information that they were planning to flee to Nepal. Our teams then informed the local police and the cops at the border. We then raided the identified location and arrested the two men before they could flee from the location.”
Gautam disclosed that some of the stolen goods were also recovered. However, the two women suspects are still to be traced. “We have possible leads about the location of the two women suspects. They will be arrested soon. Our investigators are on their trail,” said Gautam.