India, April 18 -- Four members of a family - an elderly couple, their daughter-in-law, and their minor grandchild - were allegedly "held hostage", "manhandled" and robbed of gold and cash inside their house in the upscale Golf Links area by a group of five to six men, allegedly led by the family's recently hired domestic help, investigators aware of the matter said on Friday.

The victim family owns a liquor business and lives near Tughlaq Road. The elderly man is the chairman and managing director of the liquor firm owned by the family, according to two investigators aware of the case details, who asked not to be identified.

According to investigators cited above, the domestic help, hired "five to six days ago," entered the house with ...