Thane: A 52-year-old housewife from Ambernath here was killed after being robbed by unidentified men, who barged into her house, police said today.

The incident took place in Vadavali residential locality late last night when the miscreants forced their way into the house and gagged her before they slit her throat using a knife, API Rajendra Khade told PTI. They later fled with her ornaments, weighing around 40 grams, police said.