On Monday Dacoits attacked five persons in eight houses in Balkonda mandal headquarters and ran away with gold and cash besides injuring five persons.
The dacoity took place in the wee hours of Monday in NTR Nagar and Vinayaknagar . six or seven dacoits, all in the age group of about 25-30 years gotinto the homes and attacked the families. About 3.5 tolas of gold ornaments from the house of Naanem Pedda Narsaiahhas been taken away by them and Rs 5,000 cash and recharge coupons of various mobile phone companies from a kirana store.
When Narsaiah refuse to give in to the dacoits, they attacked him with stones. With his condition turning serious, he was shifted to Hyderabad. Two others, Gangadhar and Shabbir Ali, were admitted to a local hospital.