A 64-year-old woman was bound and taped on her mouth by an unknown man who robbed her in the middle of the night at her residence in Bhandup village last week. While the robber made away with her gold earrings, a gold coin and cash worth Rs 12,500, the woman remained bound and taped for 13 hours until her son returned home on the afternoon of Saturday, December 23.

According to the statement given by Jaywanti Gajanan to the police, at noon on Friday, her son brought home a friend on the occasion of the friend’s birthday. The trio celebrated the friend’s birthday. Later in the afternoon, the woman went to her brother’s house in the vicinity and returned home around 7.30 pm. Then, her son, who works at a construction site, left for work. Around 10.30 pm, the woman locked the door of her ground-plus-one house, sat to watch TV and went to sleep at 11 pm.