No headway in Panchkula dacoity case

Armed with sharp-edged weapons,the dacoits entered with Jeevan’s help,took the couple hostage and made away with Rs 13 lakh.

“Jeevan is a resident of Bihar. We hired him hardly a month ago,” said R S Mittal,who is a senior advocate of Punjab and Haryana High Court. “Late at night,he said the dinner was ready. When we entered the dinning hall,he was missing.”

“We then started our dinner. The moment we were about to finish,five persons entered the dining hall and took us hostage. At that time,Asha was on the first floor,unaware of what was going on,” he added.

“While one of them along with Jeevan tied my hands with my dupatta,others threw my husband on the floor and demanded the keys of the drawers,” Sarita Mittal said. “They took us to various rooms and started collecting cash and jewellery. Then they asked for the first-floor keys,locked us inside a room and went upstairs.”

“They thrashed Asha and tore her clothes. But she managed to escape and raise an alarm,” she added. “They collected cash and jewellery worth Rs 25 to 30 lakh,but hearing Asha raise an alarm,they fled with cash and jewellery worth Rs 13 lakh.”

Panchkula SP Amitabh Dhillon said a case has been registered and raids are being conducted at Azad Colony,Old Panchkula and Bapu Dham Colony in Chandigarh.

The family had hired Jeevan on the recommendation of a former domestic help Bunty,who lives at Majri Chowk in Old Panchkula.

The family said several times in the past,they had asked cops at the Sector-5 police station to verify their domestic helps,“but the police never responded”.

That’s why,they said,they did not get Jeevan verified. The elderly couple’s son Sudhir and daughter-in-law Aradhana were in Manali with their two children when the incident took place.