According to police, Poonam Singla, a lecturer in a private university, here complained that when her son was alone at her house yesterday, two unidentified persons knocked at the door, saying they have come to see the house for whitewash.
As the boy opened the door, he was taken on the point of pistol by one of the intruder while the other pointed a knife on him, police said.
The duo ransacked the house and fled away on a bike with Rs 25,000 cash and gold jewellery they found in the house.