In a daring robbery, three masked men robbed over 80 sovereigns of gold from the house of a businessman, Sri Aravind Ram, in Sivakasi on Saturday (July 4, 2026) night.

The police said that Mr. Aravind Ram, who is running a departmental store in the town, had gone out with his family members for eating out at around 10.30 p.m.

When the family members returned home in their car at around 11.30 p.m., they were shocked to find the main gate of their house broken open. Even as they tried to enter the house, they heard honking of horn from an SUV that was parked nearby.

Within a few seconds, three masked men rushed out of their house with a bag.

The robbers brandished lethal weapons at the panicked family members, including children, and made their way towards the waiting SUV and they fled the scene in a flash.

Sivakasi Town police are investigating the incident and trying to track the SUV with closed circuit television cameras installed in the city.