A couple posing as distant relative visited the house of home alone woman on the pretext of giving marriage invitation,tied up the victim,ransacked the house and escaped with valuables worth around Rs.15 lakh in Neraluru on Hosur Main Road on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday afternoon.

The victim,identified as Nagaveni,was alone at home when a woman arrived at her doorstep claiming to be a distant relative and said she had come to invite her to a wedding.

Unsuspecting,Nagaveni welcomed her inside and offered to fetch a glass of water.

Taking advantage of the moment,another accomplice,a man,entered the house and bolted the door from inside.

The duo then threatened Nagaveni at knifepoint, dragged her into a room,and tied her hands and legs before demanding she reveal where the valu

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