Dhenkanal: Unidentified armed miscreants looted Rs 3.5 lakh and 13 grams of gold ornaments from the house of a CESU employee at Pandua under Tumusinga police limits in Odisha's Dhenkanal district late last night.

According to reports, the looters, three of whom had worn masks, barged into the house of CESU employee Manoj Sahu, attacked him with sharp weapons and later decamped with the cash and valuables.

Sahu, who sustained injuries in the attack, informed police about the robbery, following which cops reached the spot and initiated investigation. Efforts were on to identify and apprehend the wrongdoers.