Kasargod : Thieves wearing masks who entered the house of a Dubai based businessman at Trikkaripura, have killed the businessman after threatening the family and escaped with cash and gold ornaments.

The businessman who was killed has been identified as AB Abdul Salam who ran several businesses in Dubai. The incident took place at around midnight on August 4. It is  learnt Salam’s daughter opened the door when the door bell rang, the masked men attacked  Salam’s son Sufi and then on seeing Salam hit him and then strangulated him to death.

They even gagged Salam’s wife who began to scream and locked her up in a room and then asked Salam’s daughter to hand over the keys and looted the house. They reportedly spoke Malayalam and Hindi. The CCTVs in the house were smashed by the thieves.The remote controlled gates were not functioning.

Senior police officials are investigating.