Madurai: A widow, who was alone at his home in Madurai, was robbed of 4.5 rulers of gold jewelry and Rs 40,000 in cash in the knifepoint by a masked man on Thursday night.
The woman, V Buvaneswari, 47, from Venkatatchalapuram, worked as a temporary accountant at the District Head Office of the Department of Public Health.
Her husband Venkateswaran died 17 years ago and his son Jawahar pursued a degree in medicine in Ukraine.
On Thursday night, the woman went to bed after locking the front door and door of the room.
Armed robbers, who entered the house, threatened him not to raise his voice and demand Rs 10,000 for the care of his sister.
He threatened to kill him when he said he had no money.
He grabbed his cellphone and handed him Hospital 40,000 he had saved in the wallet in almirah.
He also took the gold chain and a pair of earrings he was wearing.
He warned him that he was the accomplice of a noisy element.
Harassment then returns the cellphone to him.
He associated the door from the outside before escaping.
Buvaneswari summoned his neighbor Sathihkumar and Umaheshwari by telephone, who opened the door and helped him tell the police control room.
Subramaniapuram police are investigating crime.
Finger print experts are pressed into service.