Baramulla: Unknown masked men barged into a house in Chichlora area of Baramulla last night and looted gold, cash according to the residents.
Official sources said four masked men entered inside the house of Bilal Ahmad Kutoo and Faizal Ahmad Mir son-in-law of Mohammad Ramzan Gojri at Chichlora.
The family has learnt to have informed the police that masked men were carrying three pistols and took their phones before collecting 2 gold rings and two gold earings besides Rs 52000 cash from family members.
They (thieves) kept the phones near the house before runninh away, family said.
A police officer said a case (FIR No. 11/2022) under section 7/25 IA Act and 382 IPC (committing of theft with an intension to hurt in case of resistance) has been registered in Police Station Kunzer.
He said that investigation has so far revealed that thieves may probably have been carrying toy pistols, however “all angles are being looked into,” the officer added.
(GNS)
