NT Reporter
Ponda
In a daring robbery that occurred at Usgao in the wee hours of Wednesday, two masked men allegedly broke into a house, confined the lone woman in the house to a place under threat and decamped with cash and a mangalsutra worth Rs 5 lakh.
According to police, the incident occurred around 4 am at Palwada in a house remotely located and owned by Rama Gaude.
Police said Rama, who is a fish vendor, had left the house around 3 am along with his brother to purchase fish from wholesale market. Police said Rama had latched the house door from outside as a precaution. However, the masked men entered into the house and before Rama’s wife could react or shout for help, the robbers restricted her movement by threatening her.
She said they subsequently ransacked the house, stole cash of Rs 60,000 from a wardrobe and snatched her mangalsutra valued at Rs 4.50 lakh before fleeing through the back door.
The victim said she was clueless about how the robbers effected entry into the house.
She later narrated the incident to her husband over phone following which Rama alerted the police, who rushed to the site and conducted a panchanama.
According to police, locals could be involved in the crime, as both the masked men spoke in Konkani. Further investigation into the case is under progress with police yet to register a First Information Report.
