According to the Bund Garden police Gautam Pancholi (18) and his parents were awakened in the middle of the night when thieves broke into the house by breaking the front door lock. The men who were masked and armed with swords, knives and rods, asked the family to part with their valuables.

Not taken in by their threats, the three started shouting and tried to get hold of the culprits. In the scuffle Gautam and his parents sustained injuries but managed to scare off the thieves. Police believe that culprits were part of the same gang that had broken into a house a few days back in Agarkar Nagar and employed the same modus operandi. The Bundgarden police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and are investigating.