In a rare act of courage, three senior citizens, aged 75, 76 and 95, raised an alarm and foiled a robbery at their residence in Ganga Sagar building in Goregaon (W) last Friday. According to them, they successfully foiled the robbery but had to let the armed robbers go for fear of being attacked.

Dr Pritamlal Shah (76), his wife Indumati (75), and her mother Kamlaben (95) live together. On May 3, two armed robbers entered their flat masquerading as Mango and pickle sellers.The accused have been identified as Dinesh Damu Ambekar (33) and Rishikesh alias Rishi Ramdas Kadam (20). Earlier, Ambekar used to work as a driver for the family.