Delhi woman tied up, held at knifepoint, robbed of Rs 75 lakh

A woman in her 30s was brutally tied up, held at knifepoint and robbed of Rs 75 lakh in her residence in Ashok Vihar, northwest Delhi, on Wednesday. The incident was reported to the police after a call received from the E-Block in Phase I of Ashok Vihar. Upon arrival, the police found the woman restrained by the intruders. The assailants are believed to have entered the house armed with a knife, tied the woman's hands and legs, and fled with the cash.

She sustained minor injuries and was taken to a hospital for a checkup. A case has been registered under robbery, robbery or dacoity with a deadly weapon, and common intention as per the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Police are actively searching for the accused and are also analyzing CCTV footage and other evidence to piece together the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.

The case is being handled in tandem with a surge of similar incidents in the city, where residents have been targeted inside their homes by armed intruders. In earlier instances, an elderly couple in North Delhi and a woman in May were held hostage and robbed of large sums of money in their homes, though no arrests have been made so far.