Cook holds employer hostage at her home, robs cash & valuables: Noida Police

The incident took place on Saturday following which the woman, Suman Yadav, a resident of Noida’s Sector 61, filed a complaint with the Noida Sector 58 police station.

As per the FIR, Suman said she lives with her husband. “Last week, we hired a man, who hails from Bihar, to work at our house as a cook. He was recommended by someone who worked at the house of my daughter, who lives in Gurgaon,” read the complaint.

She said, in her complaint, that she was alone at her house on Saturday. “We also have another house help who had stepped out for work on that day. Around 6.30 pm, the cook allegedly called two accomplices and held me hostage,” she told police.

“The three of them forcibly took the cupboard keys from me and stole cash, jewellery, property papers and other valuables. They then locked me in a room and fled with the family’s Fortuner car,” she told police, as per the FIR. She told police that the family later found the stolen car abandoned near a temple in Sector 61.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Sumit Shukla, said: “Teams from the Noida Police and the forensics department took possession of footage from CCTV cameras installed in the house and the sector and have started identifying the cook’s accomplices. Teams have been formed to solve the case.”

“Based on the evidence, it is believed the suspects were security guards who worked in the area. Four suspects have been taken into custody and are being questioned. Further investigation is underway,” said Shukla.