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LUDHIANA: Hired a month ago without police verification, two domestic helps, along with their two aides, robbed their employers’ house in Model Town after giving them and other servants food laced with sedatives on Saturday night.
The robbery came to light around 7.30am on Sunday, when a priest (pathi) reached the house as per daily routine and found everyone unconscious. He called a relative of the family who lives in the same locality.
The relative, Swarnjeet Singh, took the family and their other helps to a private hospital and informed the police.
The victims have been identified as Hari Singh, 78, his wife Gursharan Kaur, 76, security guard Khem Nand, 50, watchman Swaran Singh, 60, domestic helps Rumila, 19, and another of 16 years. Their condition is stated to be stable.