India, July 21 -- Panchkula A retired bank employee and his wife were allegedly locked inside their room by three burglars who broke into their house in Sector 12 in the early hours of Monday and decamped with gold and silver ornaments, a laptop, cash, and other valuables.

According to the complaint submitted to the Sector 2 police post, complainant Dalip Katyal stated that he and his wife were asleep when they heard suspicious noises around 2:30 AM. When they tried to step out, they found that both room doors had been locked from the outside to prevent them from raising an alarm.

The burglars were captured on CCTV cameras entering the house, with one of them seen carrying an iron rod. Although the trio had covered their faces with clot...