Family held hostage, looted at gunpoint

Noida | Wednesday | 16th January, 2019

Summary:

GREATER NOIDA: A businessman and his family were held hostage at gunpoint for nearly two and half hours on Monday night in Dankaur and robbed of cash, jewellery and electronic items.The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Satpal Singh, who lives with his wife and son. “When the two men flashed pistols at him, Satpal held their hands and pointed the gun towards the sky. Later, one of them took me at gunpoint and asked my wife and son to be in one room while others searched the house till 11pm. We have registered an FIR against six unidentified robbers under Section 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) of the IPC,” said the SHO. Four other men also barged in and locked the front door of the house..