NEW DELHI: A domestic help and his five associates allegedly held a businessman's family members hostage in their Golf Links house and fled with Rs 25 lakh worth of jewellery, police said on Friday.
According to the police, the occupants of the house - an elderly couple, their daughter-in-law and a child - were present at the time of the incident on Thursday evening, around 6 pm.
The accused confined them inside the house and demanded valuables, particularly jewellery.
"No one was physically harmed during the incident," said the source.
The robbers allegedly decamped with jewellery worth around Rs 25 lakh.
Preliminary investigation revealed the involvement of a domestic help, who is suspected of facilitating the entry of the other accused onto the premises.
Police said they registered a case and formed teams to apprehend the accused.
Teams are analysing CCTV footage from the area to identify the suspects and reconstruct their movements before and after the crime.
He said they are also examining the entry and exit routes used by the accused to ascertain how they fled the scene, adding that further investigation is underway.