Pune: Four masked men allegedly barged into a farmer’s house around 1am, assaulting three elderly members and robbing a woman of gold ornaments worth Rs1.28 lakh at Malthan village in Shirur taluka, about 60km from Pune, on Tuesday.The farmer’s mother (65) sustained injuries when the robbers pulled the rings from her ears. His father and aunt also sustained injuries in the attack. All three are undergoing treatment at a nearby private hospital.Shirur police registered an FIR on Tuesday evening under sections 309(4), 309(6) (robbery) and 333 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).An officer from Shirur police said the farmer (47) woke up around 1am after hearing his mother scream. “When he tried to open the door of his room, he found that it had been locked from outside. He then looked out through a window and spotted a masked man wearing a black jacket standing in the courtyard. The man abused him. Three of his accomplices then emerged from the complainant’s house and fled.”“After some time, the complainant’s father opened the lock of his room. He found that his parents and aunt were injured and his mother was bleeding from her ear. The complainant’s mother told him that three masked men had entered their room after she heard noises near the house. One of them assaulted her, her husband and the complainant’s aunt with a wooden stick, while another struck her on the right hand with the handle of a sickle. One of the accused snatched her gold chain and earrings, leading to her injury,” the officer said.Police have collected CCTV footage from various locations and are working on some clues.
