<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/telangana-atm-robbery-thieves-wearing-nighties-masks-loot-sbi-atm-using-gas-cutters-23654665" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Two masked robbers</a> allegedly held a Uttar Pradesh BJP leader hostage at his farmhouse and escaped with Rs 15 lakh in cash and two gold chains, a police official said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.
The robbery took place on Monday night in the Sen-Paschim Para area. The victim, Ramesh Yadav, is an office-bearer of the BJP&rsquo;s Other Backward Classes (OBC) Morcha in Uttar Pradesh.
According to police, the robbers tied Yadav&rsquo;s hands and legs before fleeing with the cash and the two gold chains he was wearing. Yadav later managed to free himself and alerted the local police, the news agency reported.
<h2>14 staff members questioned</h2>
Police have rounded up around 14 staff members, including four security guards, four gunmen and a driver, for questioning in connection with the robbery.
Commissioner of Police Raghubir Lal told PTI that a case had been registered and an <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/rajasthan-police-arrest-alleged-dacoit-after-26-years-in-2000-petrol-pump-robbery-case-23653757" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">investigation was underway</a>.
Police are also examining the possibility of an insider&rsquo;s involvement in the crime. However, no conclusion has been reached so far, Lal said.
<h2>CCTV footage being examined</h2>
Police have recovered CCTV recordings from the farmhouse, but no suspect is clearly visible in the footage, the commissioner said, the news agency reported.
Investigators are examining suspicious activity near the farmhouse&rsquo;s boundary wall in an attempt to gather clues about the robbers and their <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/palghar-robbery-72-year-old-woman-robbed-of-rs-1-7-lakh-gold-necklace-four-held-23646626" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">escape route</a>.
<h2>Six teams formed</h2>
Around six police teams have been formed to investigate the case and identify the suspects.
The teams are being led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Deependra Nath Chaudhary, Additional DCP Areeba Noman and ACP Krishnakant Yadav, as per the PPTI.
The investigation is continuing.
<h2>Two held for robbing elderly woman of gold chain in Karnataka</h2>
Two men were arrested in connection with the robbery of a 30-gram gold chain from a 74-year-old woman, Udupi City Police said on Monday, reported.
The accused have been identified as Vadiraj Ganiga (44) of Nittur and Sachin (30) of Padu village, Kaup taluk, they said.
According to police, the incident occurred on October 7, 2026, when the two suspects approached the victim, Shantha Karanth, under the guise of gathering SIR information. Once inside the house, they pushed the elderly woman to the ground, forcibly snatched her gold chain worth approximately Rs 4 lakh, and fled, the news agency reported.
Acting on a tip-off, police apprehended the suspects near Manipal Mannapalla on October 10. During interrogation, the accused confessed to the crime and revealed that they had pawned the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-dahanu-jeweller-shot-at-during-rs-90-lakh-robbery-three-accused-arrested-23646127" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">stolen chain</a> at the Industrial Credit Cooperative Society in Manipal.
(with PTI inputs)

Uttar Pradesh robbery: Two masked robbers allegedly held a Uttar Pradesh BJP leader hostage at his farmhouse and escaped with Rs 15 lakh in cash and gold chains

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The robbery took place on Monday night in the Sen-Paschim Para area. The victim, Ramesh Yadav, is an office-bearer of the BJP’s Other Backward Classes (OBC) Morcha in Uttar Pradesh

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