An 84-year-old retired neurosurgeon from Maraval and his 42-year-old caretaker were robbed by five men who stormed the elderly man's home, beat, robbed and tied them up.

Reports say sometime between 7 pm and 7.45 pm on March 16, the victim and his caretaker were accosted by the men. They described one of the robbers as fair-skinned, while the others were dark-skinned.

After beating both men, the bandits tied them up and demanded cash. The caretaker said he heard one of the men, who had a gun pointed at him, speaking on a phone, with a man’s voice on the other end giving instructions.