5 men barge into meat trader's house, rob Rs 10 lakh

BIJNOR: Five masked men barged into the house of a meat trader at Najibabad’s Makbara mohalla, took his family hostage and decamped with Rs 10 lakh and jewellery from the house. Around 9.30 am, five masked men barged into my house. He was in the shop when five masked men barged into his house, took his son hostage at knifepoint and ransacked the house.Giving details, Ehsan said, “I left my house on Saturday morning for shop. They took out Rs 10 lakh cash and some gold and silver jewellery valued at about Rs 2 lakh before fleeing with the booty.”Before leaving, the thieves locked the family in a room. The robbery was carried out on Saturday morning.Mohammad Ehsan’s meat shop is near his house.