Pune: A gang of four robbers barged into a house at Bori Budruk village in Junnar taluka, about 95 km from Pune, and decamped with gold and silver jewellery worth Rs9.35 lakh after thrashing the family members with sticks. Nititsh Korde (33), a cooperative credit society employee, lodged a complaint with the Ale Phata police. Korde’s parents, wife, sister, and two daughters sustained injuries in the incident. An officer from Ale Phata police said Korde resides with his parents, wife and son. On Saturday, his sister and his two daughters came to stay with them. “In the early hours of Sunday, two men barged into Korde’s house by smashing the main door with a big stone, while two of their accomplices stood outside. When Korde tried to resist, the duo attacked him with a stick,” the officer said. He said that the duo threatened Korde, his wife and other family members with sharp weapons, forced them into a single room and thrashed all of them with sticks. “The duo forced the women to hand over their gold and silver jewellery. They also ransacked the cupboards for more valuables,” he said. The officer said that before leaving the house, the duo and their two more accomplices confiscated their cellphones. They locked the house from outside and left. “After they left, Korde contacted his neighbour with another cellphone. The neighbour opened the door. Korde found his and his family members’ cellphones outside their house,” the officer said. Once the gang left, Korde managed to contact a neighbour using a secondary phone. The neighbour unlocked the door, and the family later found their cellphones discarded just outside the house. Police said the accused also locked several other houses in the area from outside to prevent intervention. They even stopped a passer-by and removed the SIM card from his handset to prevent him from calling for help. “We have launched a search for the suspects,” the officer said. Man arrested for robbing 90-year-old woman of ₹5 lakh jewelleryThe Shirur police on Sunday arrested 20-year-old Akash Mergal of Jambut for allegedly robbing a 90-year-old woman of gold jewellery worth Rs5 lakh. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon while the woman was home alone. The suspect reportedly approached the woman to ask about her family before threatening her with a sickle. He used the weapon to cut the jewellery from her person and fled. Following a complaint by the woman’s son, the police apprehended Mergal and recovered the stolen jewellery.
