Nepali gang loots retired Army Officer’s house in Secunderabad

A Nepali gang allegedly robbed the house of retired army officer Captain Giri at Gun Rock Enclave, Karkhana, Secunderabad, escaping with gold ornaments and cash worth Rs. 50 lakh. Police suspect the gang was tipped off by a domestic worker, Pujaraj, employed 20 days earlier.

Hyderabad: In a major robbery, a Nepali gang robbed the house of a retired army officer at Karkhana, Secunderabad decamping with gold ornaments and cash, all valued at Rs 50 lakh.

According to the police, the retired army officer Captain Giri (75), stayed at Gun Rock Enclave, Karkhana along with his wife and a maid. Around 20 days ago he had employed a Nepali national, Pujaraj for household work.

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On Sunday around 12.30 pm, four men entered the house of the army officer and tied him to a chair. They then threatened two other occupants of the house and later took away gold ornaments and cash from the cupboard.

“Pujaraj after taking up the assignment 20 days ago was keeping a tab on the house. After gaining information about where the expensive items such as gold and cash were kept, he is suspected to have informed his gang, who on getting an opportunity entered into the house and looted the property,” said a police official. The police suspect the gang members might have arrived from Delhi, Haryana or Bengaluru to commit the offence.

After the gang members escaped, the occupants of the house alerted the neighbours, who in turn informed the police. The police arrived and started an investigation.

Special teams of the Commissioner’s Task Force, Central Crime Station and local police swung into action to nab the robbers.

The police on checking the footage of the closed-circuit cameras installed in the house and roads found the robbers after committing the offence took an auto-rickshaw and escaped. The police have alerted all the Government Railway Police, Railway Protection Force and the SSB on the Nepal border.

The police suspect the gang members might escape to Delhi and take shelter for a few days or directly head to Indo-Nepal Border and flee.