Kochi: A woman doctor near Kochi was robbed of gold, diamonds and Rs 60,000 in cash on Friday night. Dr Grace Mathew, the medical officer at the Chengamanad government hospital, said that two masked men broke into her house and threatened to kill her and made away with the valuables.
The doctor was alone in the house at the time of the incident. She said that she suspected the robbers were Malayalam speakers. The intruders broke open a door behind the house. While one of them forced the doctor to sit quiet, the other went about opening the cupboards and collecting the ornaments and money.
Dr Mathews could call up the police only after the robbers fled around 2 am. The police immediately combed the area but they could not find any suspects. The investigation took to a slow start because the house was not equipped with surveillance cameras.
The robbers even forced Dr Mathews to part with the ornaments she was wearing. Only the thali (Mangalsutra) was left behind because she had kept it elsewhere.
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