Hyderabad, June 16: Two persons in their twenties attempted to rob a housewife when she was alone at her house in Vengalrao Nagar on Monday afternoon, but fled after she raised an alarm.
At around 12.45 pm, two persons forced open the main door of the house of a software company employee, Srinivas Reddy. His wife Sujatha was alone when the miscreants forcibly entered the house.
The assailants threatened Sujata with a knife and asked her to hand over all her valuables.
“When she raised an alarm, her neighbours came out. Seeing a crowed gathering, the miscreants got scared and fled from the house on a two-wheeler,” SR Nagar inspector D Pratap said.
Sujatha who did not have much jewellery on her suffered a minor cut on her hand while resisting the robbers.
A case was registered under section 394 (Person voluntarily causing hurt in attempting to commit a robbery) of the IPC and efforts are on to nab the culprits
—Agencies–