India, April 18 -- What began as an ordinary evening for a family in Delhi's upscale Golf Links area quickly turned into a terrifying ordeal -- not at the hands of strangers, but someone they had let into their home just days earlier.

It was early Thursday evening, between 7:30 to 8 pm, when a family of four - an elderly couple, their daughter-in-law, and their minor grandchild - were allegedly "held hostage", "manhandled" and robbed of gold and cash.

The ordeal began when the family opened the door to their recently hired house help, who had joined them just five to six days earlier.

However, he wasn't alone. With him entered 5 accomplices, who manhandled the family members, held them hostage and robbed them of gold jewellery worth Rs...