Man and woman rob home alone woman in Anekal on the pretext of giving wedding invitation

A man and a woman, posing as distant relatives, visited the house of a home alone woman on the pretext of giving a marriage invitation, allegedly tied up the resident, ransacked the house and decamped with valuables worth around ₹15 lakh in Neraluru on Hosur Main Road on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday.

The victim, identified as Nagaveni, was alone at home when a woman arrived at her doorstep claiming to be a distant relative and said she had come to invite her to a wedding. An unsuspecting Nagaveni welcomed her inside and offered to fetch a glass of water.

Taking advantage of the moment, another accomplice, a man, entered the house and bolted the door from inside. The duo then threatened Nagaveni at knifepoint, dragged her into a room, and tied her hands and legs before demanding she reveal where the valuables were kept.

Fearing harm, Nagaveni disclosed where the keys to the almirah were kept. The culprits looted about 200 gm of gold and silver ornaments and fled from the spot after locking the door from outside.

After managing to free herself, Nagaveni raised alarm, alerting her neighbours, and later called her husband Ravi Kumar, who had been at work during the incident.

The Attibele police have registered a case and launched a search to track down the suspects. The police suspected that the woman who posed as a relative may have conducted a prior recce of the house before executing the plan.

The police have gathered CCTV footage from in and around the area.