In a daring daylight robbery, four men entered the house of an Andheri-based couple and looted valuables and cash worth Rs 17 lakh at gun and knife-point on Sunday. On Thursday the police detained an accused in a murder case on suspicion of being behind the incident, as he earlier stayed on the same floor as the victims.

Threatened with gun, knives

Ebrahim Sanaullah Chaudhary, 50, stays with his wife Anjum, 45, at Rustomjee SRA society at Andheri East. He has a property investment business. Chowdhury said, “On Sunday at 12.30 pm a man around 30-35 years of age, knocked on our door. I opened the door a little and he told me that he wanted a flat on rent, and gave the reference of a helmet shop in our society. Then he asked for a glass of water and suddenly entered our house with three other men. All were wearing masks for COVID-19. He brandished a gun from his pocket and a knife. The others also had a knife each. Then they tied me and my wife with cello tape in the bedroom and demanded Rs 10 lakh.”