This seems as if watching a movie but it’s true. Two women were robbed at of 40 sovereigns of gold jewellery at knifepoint while attending a marriage at the heart of a city in Kilpauk on Thursday. The incident gets the distinction of first such incident in Chennai.

Santhi, 48 and her mother, Valli, 77, had gone to attend the marriage of their relative Murugan during the wee hours of Thursday, at Kaladipettai in Tiruvottiyur.

A Valli was unwell she was given a room next to the bride. Shanthi had gone out of the room to fetch water leaving the room open when a lady asked for it. When Valli was returning back to her room fetching water a miscreant got in the room and barged in and locked the door. He threatened Valli with a knife to the room However, while she was returning to Valli’s room with water when a miscreant got in and locked the door. He then threatened Valli with a knife and tied Santhi to a chair.

A police officer said that, ‘’the thief threatened the women and got the jewellery from them following which they handed over 40 sovereigns of jewellery which belonged to the bride and Valli”.

Once he got the jewellery the thief got out of the room and locked the door from outside and escaped from the spot. Relatives of the women rushed to them and rescued them after hearing their cry.

A case has been registered at Kilpauk police station and a hunt has been lodged by the police.