Kolkata, Nov 8 (PTI) Burglars looted cash and jewellery from the residence of an elderly woman in the city's Garden Reach area, police said on Saturday.

"The alleged incident took place late on Thursday night when the suspects broke into the three-storey house and sprayed a chemical on the woman, identified as Arati Chattopadhyay, leaving her unconscious," a senior police officer said.

The criminals then looted around Rs 80,000 in cash, gold ornaments, and a silver crown used for a household deity and fled, he said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the house is shared by the victim woman and her sister-in-law, Ashoka Chattopadhyay, who was away at a relative's home, the policeman said.

"It seems that the burglars knew that other family members were absent from the house and took

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