woman held hostage, robbed of Rs 37,000, gold jewellery in…

An 82-year-old woman was reportedly held hostage at her residence and robbed of Rs 37,000 and gold ornaments worth lakhs of rupees in the wee hours on Tuesday.Dilbag Singh, DSP East, Chandigarh Police said the CCTV footage of the area is being scrutinised and the accused are being traced.The victim woman has been identified as Raksha Sharma, who has been living in a shop-cum-flat at Sector 27 in Chandigarh. She has been living alone after the death of her husband. Her son stays in the US. She owns a hardware shop on the ground floor and her home is on the first floor.According to Raksha, the incident took place at around 3.15 am, when she was asleep. The robbers climbed the wall of her flat from the transformer to reach inside.“I was sleeping when suddenly four men came inside my room and then tied me with a rope. They asked me to hand over keys to the almirah and told me to keep quiet,” alleged Raksha.The woman said that the robbers did not hurt her, though they had an iron rod in their hand.I gave them the key. Then they fled after taking the gold ornaments and some cash worth Rs 37,000 from the almirah. The robbers were speaking in a Haryanvi accent, she said.“They remained at my house for around 20-25 minutes, and then fled away after freeing me from the rope,” Raksha said. The complainant then raised an alarm and informed the police.