India, April 20 -- Three days after a family was held hostage, manhandled, and robbed by a group of six men allegedly led by their recently hired domestic help in the Golf Links area, investigators aware of the case details said the accused have escaped from Delhi and searches are now being conducted in and around Uttar Pradesh.

On Thursday around 7.30pm, the owner of a liquor company, his wife, their daughter-in-law, and their grandchild were inside their house when the domestic help arrived with five accomplices and manhandled them. Police said the main accused, Sushil, was hired by the family six days before the incident. He and his aides held the family hostage and stole jewellery worth Rs.25-30 lakh along with cash.

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