The police helpline was contacted continuously for an hour but no one attended the calls, Seth Jhaman Das told.

He said five armed bandits barged into his bungalow located at posh area Housing Society around 3.00a.m and remained there till Fajr prayers making hostage all the inmates. The dacoits took away 250 Tola gold ornaments, Rs600,000/- cash, mobile phones, camera and other valuables.

SSP Khalid Mustafa arrived at the place of incident and assured arresting the accused in three days along with looted things.

Meanwhile, Abdul Qayoom Qureshi, president of Sindh Traders’ Association warned of strike if the robbers were not arrested in a week.