Masked dacoits strike in a farm house

A masked dacoit gang looted valuables after assaulting an elderly couple in their house near Pollachi in the district in the early hours of today.
The five-member gang knocked the door of the farm house in Pil Chinnapalayam village and on opening, forcibly entered inside, police said.
As the couple--Paramasivam aged 75 years and Krishnaveni 65 years, resisted, the gang members assaulted them and one of them pulled the gold chain worn by the woman, they said.
The gang then broke open an almirah and took away Rs 10,000 in cash, silver articles, weighing nearly two kgs and decamped, they said.