A group of armed and masked men robbed a family of Rs 1.4 million in Suryabinayak Municipality-7 of Bhaktapur in the wee hours of Wednesday.

According to a complaint lodged with police, the robbers barged into the house of trader Ram Bahadur Tamang at 2:30 am, took the family members under control and robbed cash and valuables at gunpoint.

DSP Krishna Prasain said that 10 mobile phones, a motorbike, gold ornaments and Rs 150,000 in cash were robbed from the house.

Police said that they have launched a manhunt to nab the robbers. RSS