Cook, two accomplices loot house in Kirti Nagar: Police

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) A cook allegedly looted cash andjewellery worth Rs 40 lakh with his two accomplices from thehouse he was employed in, after locking the owner, her granddaughter and the maid, police said today. The incident took place yesterday when Tajender Kaur (60)was at home with her 11-month-old grand daughter and theirmaid, while her husband, her son and his wife were away forsome work, a senior police officer said. The cook, Vinod who is a native of Gonda in UttarPradesh, had joined the household three days back. Yesterday,he came to work and later also called his accomplices, hesaid. The three men locked the two women in separate rooms andalso gagged the elderly woman and left with all the jewelleryand cash that was kept at home amounting to Rs 40 lakh, theofficer said. They also looted the mobile phones of the two women.Police is scanning the CCTV footage of the house to gatherclues, the officer said. PTI SLB VIT AAR SCAAR