A 26-year-old man sustained bullet injury after two robbers opened fired at a family and decamped with a mangalsutra and Rs 30,000 in cash from a house here, police said today.
Two persons made their way into a bungalow on Lilapore-Bhadeli highway on the outskirts of city late last night after jumping the compound wall and entered from unlocked back side door, Sub-inspector of Valsad Rural, V A Dabhi said.
The robbers indiscriminately fired at least five rounds on house owner Mohan Tandel and his family members, who tried to resist the loot, he said.
Vijay, Mohan's son who is into shrimp business, was hit on his leg during firing by the robbers who then took Rs 30,000 in cash and a mangalsutra before fleeing from the spot, Dabhi said
The injured is now being treated in hospital, he said.
An FIR has been lodged on the basis of a complaint filed by Tandel, the Sub-inspector said, "We have formed five teams to nab the culprits.
