A Fe­lic­i­ty busi­ness­man and his fam­i­ly were beat­en and robbed yes­ter­day morn­ing.

Moonier­am Gan­garam, 53, the own­er of EHS Hard­ware, of Ca­can­dee Road, was asleep at 3.15 am when four masked men broke in­to his home, which is lo­cat­ed up­stairs the hard­ware, and start­ed de­mand­ing mon­ey.

Po­lice said the men en­tered the home through a win­dow on the south­ern side of the house. They ac­cost­ed Gan­garam and beat him about his head and body, ask­ing for his safe and cash. They al­so beat his wife, 43, and sis­ter-in-law, 42. Both women had to be tak­en to the hos­pi­tal for in­juries sus­tained dur­ing the at­tack.

The ban­dits al­so ter­rorised his boys, aged 12 and 7.

An undis­closed amount of cash, jew­ellery and elec­tron­ic items were stolen by the ban­dits be­fore they es­caped.

Fe­lic­i­ty/En­deav­our coun­cil­lor Sun­dar Jookoo, who is al­so spokesman for the Fe­lic­i­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Pa­trol, said the at­tack oc­curred af­ter they end­ed their com­mu­ni­ty pa­trols in the area around 3 am.

“I was at the home of the fam­i­ly around 3.25 am. They came in fast and fu­ri­ous and com­mit­ted their crime in the short­est pos­si­ble time. They are trau­ma­tised af­ter be­ing beat­en with gun butts about their face and body,” Jookoo said.

Not­ing a promise by Gov­ern­ment, he called for more mu­nic­i­pal po­lice in the com­mu­ni­ty.

“The Gov­ern­ment has promised more mu­nic­i­pal po­lice, around 100 more of­fi­cers and noth­ing has hap­pened. An in­creased Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice force would al­low us to do more pa­trols in the area. I am al­so ap­peal­ing to res­i­dents to en­sure that their homes are safe and there are no loop­holes for crim­i­nals to en­ter their homes, such as ac­ces­si­ble vents in wash­rooms and win­dows near stair­cas­es. The crim­i­nal mind is al­ways look­ing for a way to get to you and your fam­i­ly.”