Businesswoman robbed

Three unidentified men today

robbed the house of a businesswoman here after holding her family members hostage at gun-point, police said today.

The incident took place in the residence of Musharraf Jahan in Dilshad Colony last evening when she had gone out with her teenaged daughter.

When she returned, police said, she found her mother and six-year-old son lying in washroom with their hands and legs tied.

She claimed the men fled with jewellery and cash.