Pune: A gang of robbers, comprising four men and a woman, barged into the bungalow of a 76-year-old small scale industrial (SSI) unit owner in Nigdi Pradhikaran late on Saturday night and robbed him at gunpoint.The robbers tied the victim and made away with gold, silver jewellery and cash collectively worth Rs6.25 lakh.The elderly victim was alone in the single-storeyed bungalow at the time of the incident, said police. After threatening him at gunpoint, the intruders tied him up and locked him in a first-floor room. Before this, they had already tied up the woman who works for the victim as a domestic helper and her husband in a room in the bungalow’s backyard, where the couple stays.Deputy commissioner of police (DCP-crime) of the Pimpri Chinchwad police, Shivaji Pawar, told TOI, “After confirming that the gang had left, the senior citizen managed to set himself free and alerted his neighbours, who informed the police.”Pawar said the victim’s SSI unit is located in an MIDC area. His son resides with his family in Pune city. “The victim alternates between staying with his son and at the Nigdi bungalow. The woman who works for him as a domestic helper and her husband reside in a room in the backyard. The husband is a daily wage worker,” the officer said.The DCP said the complainant stated that around 9.30pm, the gang broke into his bungalow and threatened him with a gun before snatching his gold chain. “The gang tied his limbs with tape and locked him in a room on the first floor. They searched cupboards and took away gold jewellery, cash, and wristwatches all worth around Rs 6.25 lakh in total and fled,” Pawar said.Senior inspector Mahesh Bansode of the Nigdi police told TOI that the victim was lying in the room for some time after the gang left. When he could no longer hear them, he managed to find a pair of scissors and use it to cut the tape used to tie him. Now freed, the victim went to the room’s window and raised an alarm. “His neighbours rushed to the house to help the man,” said Bansode.According to the officer, when the victim and his neighbours checked the house help’s room, they found that the couple had also been tied up. “Prima facie investigations revealed that the gang tied up the couple before entering the bungalow,” the officer said.DCP Pawar said that the robbers did not assault or beat the victim, who told the police that there was one woman in the group.“We have fanned out teams from the Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch and from all police stations, including Nigdi, Pimpri, Sant Tukaramnagar, Chinchwad, and Bhosari, to work on different clues. A case under section 310 (dacoity) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered with the Nigdi police,” Pawar said. Pune: A gang of robbers, comprising four men and a woman, barged into the bungalow of a 76-year-old small scale industrial (SSI) unit owner in Nigdi Pradhikaran late on Saturday night and robbed him at gunpoint.The robbers tied the victim and made away with gold, silver jewellery and cash collectively worth Rs6.25 lakh.The elderly victim was alone in the single-storeyed bungalow at the time of the incident, said police. After threatening him at gunpoint, the intruders tied him up and locked him in a first-floor room. Before this, they had already tied up the woman who works for the victim as a domestic helper and her husband in a room in the bungalow’s backyard, where the couple stays.Deputy commissioner of police (DCP-crime) of the Pimpri Chinchwad police, Shivaji Pawar, told TOI, “After confirming that the gang had left, the senior citizen managed to set himself free and alerted his neighbours, who informed the police.”Pawar said the victim’s SSI unit is located in an MIDC area. His son resides with his family in Pune city. “The victim alternates between staying with his son and at the Nigdi bungalow. The woman who works for him as a domestic helper and her husband reside in a room in the backyard. The husband is a daily wage worker,” the officer said.The DCP said the complainant stated that around 9.30pm, the gang broke into his bungalow and threatened him with a gun before snatching his gold chain. “The gang tied his limbs with tape and locked him in a room on the first floor. They searched cupboards and took away gold jewellery, cash, and wristwatches all worth around Rs 6.25 lakh in total and fled,” Pawar said.Senior inspector Mahesh Bansode of the Nigdi police told TOI that the victim was lying in the room for some time after the gang left. When he could no longer hear them, he managed to find a pair of scissors and use it to cut the tape used to tie him. Now freed, the victim went to the room’s window and raised an alarm. “His neighbours rushed to the house to help the man,” said Bansode.According to the officer, when the victim and his neighbours checked the house help’s room, they found that the couple had also been tied up. “Prima facie investigations revealed that the gang tied up the couple before entering the bungalow,” the officer said.DCP Pawar said that the robbers did not assault or beat the victim, who told the police that there was one woman in the group.“We have fanned out teams from the Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch and from all police stations, including Nigdi, Pimpri, Sant Tukaramnagar, Chinchwad, and Bhosari, to work on different clues. A case under section 310 (dacoity) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered with the Nigdi police,” Pawar said.
