New Delhi, June 6: Three out of the five men who committed a dacoity at a businessman's house in Haryana's Panipat have been arrested, the Delhi Police said.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Alok Kumar on Wednesday said that the businessman's wife was robbed on a gunpoint on June 4 by five armed persons from their residence in Panipat.

"Five armed persons robbed away cash Rs 52,000, around 35 tola gold and huge silver ornaments after taking the businessman's wife and employee on gunpoint," he said.

The police officer said that the huge recovery of looted jewellery has been affected from the possession of the arrested accused persons including around 40 tola gold and 1.5 kg silver ornaments. 

The arrested accused persons have been identified as, Randeep Rathi, 21; Sumit Rathi, 24; and Mohit Malik, 19.

They all belong to middle-class farmer families residing in different villages of Panipat District and are executives of a multi-level marketing company in Kurukshetra, Haryana.

The victim businessman's acquaintance had lured them by informing them about huge amount of cash and jewellery in his house.

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Shivpuri (PTI): The 60-year-old mother of a rape accused was killed allegedly by the victim's brother in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police official said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Friday, Rannod police station house officer (SHO) Arvind Chauhan said.

"An anganwadi worker returning from a hospital was offered a lift by one Inder Gurjar, who took her to a secluded spot and raped her. She called up her brothers to narrate the ordeal. One brother of the victim along with two associates went to Gurjar's house and assaulted him. When Gurjar's mother Sirkunwarbai (60) intervened, she was attacked with a sharp weapon. She died on the spot," he said.

Based on a complaint filed by the deceased woman's daughter-in-law, three persons were booked for murder. One of them was held on Saturday, the official added.

A separate case has also been registered against Gurjar for rape, he said.

Police personnel have been deployed in the area in view of tension following the incident, the official added.