Ludhiana, July 8 -- A newly hired Nepalese cook, along with his three aides, fled with Rs.8 lakh in cash and around 450 grams of gold jewellery from his employers' house in Udham Singh Nagar while the family was away at a birthday celebration, police said. The accused, identified as Sunny who hails from Nepal, allegedly drugged a fellow house help and called in his three accomplices to execute the theft.

The division number 8 police have registered a case under Sections 305 (theft) and 331(4) (house trespass) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against Sunny and his unidentified accomplices following a complaint by Parul Jain, a local businessman and resident of Udham Singh Nagar.

According to the complainant, the family had gone out f...