Ludhiana, Oct. 29 -- Three burglars allegedly rendered a family unconscious by spraying an unidentified substance into their room before stealing a pickup vehicle loaded with 54 LPG cylinders and two motorcycles from a gas agency warehouse in the Gobindgarh area in the early hours of Thursday.

The burglary took place around 3.15 am at the warehouse of Arun Gas Agency. The stolen pickup auto was carrying a mix of filled and empty gas cylinders when the burglars allegedly drove it away along with the two motorcycles.

According to the agency owner, Arun Gupta, his employee Dharmendra lived at the warehouse with his family and sister, Aarti. The family was asleep when the three burglars allegedly entered the premises and sprayed an unidenti...