Elderly businessman tied and gagged, robbed at gunpoint at his home

A First Information Report (FIR) in the case has been registered at Nigdi police station by Agarwal. Agarwal lives alone at his residence with the family of his domestic help residing in the outhouse.

Around 8.55 pm on Saturday night when he was home watching TV, two suspects stormed into his house while three more stood at the door. The two suspects threatened him at gunpoint and asked him where the safe was. When he replied that there was no safe in his house, the robbers tied his hands and legs and gagged him as they started rummaging the house.

The suspects took  gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 4.5 lakh, a gold chain worth Rs 1.35 lakh that Agarwal was wearing along with the wrist watches and cash worth Rs 6.15 lakh.

Police officials said that one of the neighbours saw the robbers leaving the house and felt that their movements were suspicious and informed the police. A team from the police station arrived at the scene and released the complainant. It also came to light that the suspects had tied and locked the family of the domestic help in the outhouse.

The complainant has given a description of the suspects and it is likely that some of the suspects were women, an officer said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shivaji Pawar said, “We have formed multiple teams for the probe of this case. The team are working on various clues including the footage from the CCTV cameras in the area.”