Budaun (UP), May 21: Dacoits dressed only in undergarments pulled off a string of robberies in two villages here, holding families hostage and beating women for cooking chicken, police said on Thursday.
In the early hours of Wednesday, armed intruders scaled the wall of farmer Nizakat’s house in Mustafabad and held his family hostage.
When resisted, they assaulted the inmates, critically injuring six people, and decamped with four tolas of gold, three kilograms of silver, and Rs 1.25 lakh in cash.
The injured were referred to the district hospital.
According to the police, the robbers beat women also for keeping a chicken dish at home, and told them to eat only vegetables.
The bandits then targeted four more houses in adjoining Sithauli, stealing ornaments and cash.
Local authorities swung into action only late in the night after Bareilly Range DIG Ajay Kumar Sahni visited the houses and ordered immediate action.
Sahni said five teams had been deployed to investigate the robberies.
Earlier in the month, another gang with a similar minimalist style of clothing and modus operandi struck a residential area in Delhi.
The gang made off with cash, jewellery and other valuables. (PTI)
Dacoits in undergarments rob string of UP houses in single night, beat women
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