Rourkela: A Railway Junior Engineer (JE) was tied up, gagged, and held hostage by masked miscreants in Rourkela late last night and decamped with over Rs 20 lakh worth of jewellery, cash, and other items from his house.
The victim has been identified as railway engineer Dilip Panda who resides at Bondamunda Diesel Colony.
According to reports, 5 to 6 masked robbers entered Panda’s quarters, breaking open the window grill. They tied the legs of both the husband and wife, and one of the robbers held a paniki (a vegetable cutter) at the neck of their son and demanded valuables.
Following the incident, Panda filed a complaint with the Bondamunda police.
Upon being informed, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Nirmal Kumar Mohapatra, along with the Bondamunda police and a dog squad, reached the spot to investigate the matter.
