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Armed robbers barged into a retired gross official's location successful Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, held his household hostage astatine gunpoint and fled with jewellery and currency worthy implicit ₹50 lakh wrong astir 25 minutes, constabulary said connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026).
According to the police, 4 masked men arrived astatine the location connected 2 motorcycles astir 7.30 p.m. Monday (January 5, 2026) and knocked connected the doorway of 70-year-old Balendra Singh's location adjacent Rajhi Maurya Chauraha nether the AIIMS constabulary presumption limits.
As soon arsenic Mr. Singh opened the door, 1 of the assailants allegedly pressed a pistol to his temple and forced him inside, portion the others followed brandishing firearms.
When Mr. Singh tried to rise an alarm, helium was struck connected the caput with the butt of a pistol, leaving him injured, the constabulary said.
The robbers past herded the household members — Mr. Singh's woman Usha, daughter-in-law Kalpana and sister-in-law Purnima — and forced them to region their golden ornaments earlier locking them successful a room, they added.
The assailants besides allegedly threatened Mr. Singh's 2 grandsons by pointing pistols astatine their heads and demanded the keys to cupboards, the constabulary said, adding that the women handed implicit the keys fearing for the children's safety.
Mr. Singh's visually impaired younger brother, Tejbahadur Singh, who was resting successful the verandah, was not harmed, they said.
An FIR has been registered against chartless persons, and constabulary teams are scanning CCTV footage from the country to place the suspects, who are believed to beryllium successful their aboriginal 20s.
Superintendent of Police (City) Abhinav Tyagi said raids were underway and expressed assurance that the lawsuit would beryllium cracked soon.
