<p>In two separate cases, elderly women were robbed in the city.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the first incident that occurred on Wednesday night, a lonely woman was robbed of her valuables worth Rs one lakh including Rs 70,000 in cash at Halli Bogadi on the outskirts of the city.<br /><br />Narasamma, 62, opened the door to two strangers around 11 pm. The duo enquired the woman about the whereabouts of the residents of the house in the ground floor.<br /><br />When the woman replied in negative, they asked for water. <br /><br />Much before the woman could reply, came another request from the strangers: “Can you dial this number?”<br /><br />The woman had just begun to walk into the house, when the two followed her and gagged her mouth with the edge of her saree.<br /><br />One among them ran inside and brought a knife only to issue a threat.<br /><br />The duo ransacked a trunk, only to find wads of currency notes, an old fashioned ‘Daabu’ (belt made of gold worn by women) and other articles.<br /><br />The woman who runs a chit fund business had kept the amount collected from the investors and also her commission amount in the trunk.<br /><br />Saraswatipuram police have registered a case.<br /><br />Chain snatched<br /><br />In another incident, a septuagenarian woman was relieved of her two gold chains at Madhuvana Layout, Srirampura second stage, in the city on Thursday.<br /><br />The victim has been identified as Susheela.<br /><br />Susheela was talking with one of her relative in front of her house when a bike-borne rider yanked off the chains weighing 80 grams.<br /><br />Kuvempunagar police have registered a case.<br /></p>
<p>In two separate cases, elderly women were robbed in the city.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the first incident that occurred on Wednesday night, a lonely woman was robbed of her valuables worth Rs one lakh including Rs 70,000 in cash at Halli Bogadi on the outskirts of the city.<br /><br />Narasamma, 62, opened the door to two strangers around 11 pm. The duo enquired the woman about the whereabouts of the residents of the house in the ground floor.<br /><br />When the woman replied in negative, they asked for water. <br /><br />Much before the woman could reply, came another request from the strangers: “Can you dial this number?”<br /><br />The woman had just begun to walk into the house, when the two followed her and gagged her mouth with the edge of her saree.<br /><br />One among them ran inside and brought a knife only to issue a threat.<br /><br />The duo ransacked a trunk, only to find wads of currency notes, an old fashioned ‘Daabu’ (belt made of gold worn by women) and other articles.<br /><br />The woman who runs a chit fund business had kept the amount collected from the investors and also her commission amount in the trunk.<br /><br />Saraswatipuram police have registered a case.<br /><br />Chain snatched<br /><br />In another incident, a septuagenarian woman was relieved of her two gold chains at Madhuvana Layout, Srirampura second stage, in the city on Thursday.<br /><br />The victim has been identified as Susheela.<br /><br />Susheela was talking with one of her relative in front of her house when a bike-borne rider yanked off the chains weighing 80 grams.<br /><br />Kuvempunagar police have registered a case.<br /></p>
