India, Aug. 30 -- A 24-year-old delivery executive was arrested on Saturday for allegedly barging into a house in Faridabad's Greenfield Colony and robbing a woman and her mother-in-law of gold and diamond jewellery worth at least Rs.10 lakh at knifepoint, police said.

The suspect is originally from Fatehabad in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, police said. He had been living in Ganpati Colony, Faridabad, for the last few years and worked as a delivery executive, they added.

The incident took place between 10am and noon on Wednesday when the woman and her mother-in-law were at home. Varun Kumar Dahiya, ACP (crime), said a delivery executive arrived around 10am and left after confirming that they had received a parcel delivery. "At 11.30am, the man ...