Retired scientist, wife held hostage in house; robbed cash, jewellery worth Rs 2 crore
New Delhi, Oct 19: A retired scientist and his elderly wife were held hostage at gunpoint in their house and robbed off cash and jewellery worth about Rs 2 crore in Rohini's Prashant Vihar area, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place in F Block of Prashant Vihar where Shibu Singh lives with his wife Nirmala in their house.
On Friday afternoon, when the elderly couple was present in their house, two men entered posing themselves as courier boys.
After entering inside the house, they held Shibu and his wife Nirmala hostage on gunpoint, a police officer said.
When Singh resisted, the accused also assaulted him, the officer said.
Singh told the police that the accused decamped away with cash and jewellery worth Rs 2 crore from his house.
The retired scientist informed about the incident to his son, who lives separately in Delhi.
At 2.30 pm, Singh's son made a PCR call and informed the police.
According to a senior police officer, a team reached the house and collected evidence from the spot.
Both the victims were taken to the hospital for medical examination and further probe was initiated.
The officer said at least six police teams have been formed to identify the accused and nab them.
"The way the incident has happened, the police suspect the role of some insider or someone known to the family members," the officer said.
The CCTV footage has been collected and statements of neighbours and other family members have been recorded. Further investigation is on, the police said.
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NSUI lodges police complaint against Odia actor for post against Rahul Gandhi
Bhubaneswar, Oct 19: The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) lodged a police complaint against Odia actor Buddhaditya Mohanty for his controversial social media post about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
State NSUI president Udit Pradhan filed the complaint at Capital police station on Friday, demanding action against Mohanty for the post, which has now been deleted.
"In the social media post, Mohanty said that after killing NCP leader Baba Siddique, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's next target should be Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. We cannot tolerate such a remark against our leader," said Pradhan.
Along with the complaint, he submitted to the police a screenshot of the social media post.
Police said they have received the complaint and are enquiring into it.
Apologising for his earlier post, Mohanty wrote on Facebook on Friday, "My last post regarding Rahul Gandhiji..was never to target..harm, demean him in any way..nor write anything against him..unintentionally if I affected anyone's sentiments..my intention was not this..I offer my sincere apologies..regards (sic)."
Siddique, a Congress-turned-NCP leader, was shot dead in Mumbai on October 12.
