The incident took place in the wee hours today when the robbers entered the house of R R Gupta, a retired Chief Accountant in the Hydel Department, and locked him and his wife in separate rooms, police said.
According to a complaint filed by the victim, the robbers took away Rs one lakh and jewellery worth Rs four lakh, police said.
Gupta's wife, in the complaint, also alleged that she called up the police control room but no one received the phone and that it was only early this morning that they called the SSP's residence who then reached the spot.