The robber knocks on Vanages' door. Sandhya Vanage (77) answers. He enters posing as an employee of Mahanagar Gas Ltd, and within minutes, holds her at knifepoint.

There isn't likely to be any saas-bahu nok-jhok in this Mulund house for a long time. A 34-year-old doctor foiled a robbery attempt at her home and saved her elderly mother-in-law, whom the thug had at knifepoint, by fighting him off. Though the accused had managed to flee the scene during the attempt on Saturday, the police arrested him a few hours later.