A 65-year-old woman was kidnapped and raped twice, while her husband was beaten after bandits broke into their Fyzabad home on Saturday night.
Police said the woman and her 68-year-old husband, a stroke victim, are also citizens of the United States of America.
They told police that they went to bed around 8.30 pm. Later that night around 11 pm, they were jolted from sleep by a loud noise.
Two intruders, one armed with a cutlass, then kicked down a door to their bedroom and began demanding money.
The bandits, whose faces were covered, ransacked the house. The armed bandit began beating the man on his face with the cutlass.
They stole $5,000, jewellery valued at $44,000, two cellphones and the couple’s US documents.
Police said one of the bandits raped the woman. The armed bandits then forced her to an abandoned house a short distance away, where the other bandit raped her.
The suspects ran off and were still at large up to yesterday evening.
The couple was treated at the Siparia Medical Facility.
Cpl Sookoo is investigating.