Dacoits strike in S. Delhi

NEW DELHI, Jan 5: Dacoits struck late in the evening today at the house of a doctor near New Friends Colony in South Delhi and decamped with Rs 10,000 and gold jewellery. According to the police, the five unidentified men gained entry into the house, 789/7 Zakir Nagar, after announcing that they were friends of the owner, Dr Ghazala Ahmed, a Unani doctor. They then took out country-made revolvers and knives and told her to surrender the valuables and cash in dollars kept in the house. Incidentally, the doctor8217;s husband Ishrar Ahmed had recently returned from Saudi Arabia.

The incident took place, around 8 pm, when the men of the house had gone to offer namaz in a nearby mosque. When Ghazala resisted, one of the robbers tried to attack her with a knife. According to the police, another robber prevented him from using the knife and was injured in the process. The police have reportedly rounded up two suspects for interrogation.