In a broad daylight incident, threemiscreants allegedly robbed model-turned-actress Alankrita Sahai of Rs 6.5 lakhat knifepoint at her house in Sector 27.
One of the suspects has been identified bythe victim. The police said the complainant had shifted to the city around amonth ago. She and her parents had rented the second floor of the house and thevictim’s parents were out of the city for the past 10 days.
Sources said Sahai had purchased furnitureitems a few days back from Kharar and some of the items were delivered at herrented accommodation Sunday. She suspects one of the robbers had visited herhome at the time of delivery of furniture. She also told police that one of thethree robbers took her ATM card and returned after withdrawing Rs 50,000. Bythat time, two others kept a watch on her.
When Sahai shouted for help, the robbersescaped. They jumped from the balcony. They first landed on the first-floorbalcony and then to the ground floor before running away. There were tenants onthe first floor in the building. In fear, Sahai locked herself in the washroom.
Senior police officers SP (city) KetanBansal, DSP (east) Gurmukh Singh, SHO PS-26, Inspector Jasbir Singh, crimebranch Inspector Harinder Singh Sekhon and others rushed to the spot. Sourcessaid suspects were caught on the CCTV cameras installed in the locality.
DSP Bansal said, “The victim belongs to thefilm industry. She was alone in the house. The entry door was opened. Therobbers forcibly entered and robbed the victim at knifepoint. We haveregistered a case and have important leads.”
The police constituted two separate teamswith one sent to Kharar and the other to Mohali to verify who were sent todeliver the furniture.