Old woman robbed of gold at knifepoint

Surat | Monday | 12th February, 2018

Summary:

Surat: An unidentified person seriously injured a 60-year-old woman before robbing her of gold jewellery worth Rs25,000 in Kapodra area of the city on Saturday. The woman was attacked when she was alone in her house on Khodiyar Nagar Road.A 30-year-old man was booked at Kapodra police station for robbing Sumitra Malani at knifepoint. She then tried to move away the knife placed on her neck by the robber and sustained serious injuries on hand. The robber, with his face covered with a cloth, entered Malani's house at around 7.15pm and put a knife on her neck. "It is suspected that the robber had entered the house thinking that no one was present and on finding the senior citizen woman, he decided to loot her..