Pune : Armed robbers looted ornaments worth around Rs 70 lakh alongwith cash from a jewellery shop in Pune and also assaulted its staff, police said today.
The incident took place at Budhwar Peth in the heart of the city at around 8.15 pm yesterday.
Armed with a revolver and sharp weapons, three robbers, who had covered their faces, barged into R P Jewellers' store and threatened its owners and employees, they said.
The robbers tied their hands and legs and assaulted them before decamping with 2.5 kg gold, 5 kg silver bricks and Rs 1.5 lakh in cash, police said, adding the looted precious metals had a combined value of around Rs 70 lakh.
There were no closed circuit cameras in the outlet.
Police Commissioner Gulabrao Pol and senior police officials visited the shop.
The incident took place at Budhwar Peth in the heart of the city at around 8.15 pm yesterday.
Armed with a revolver and sharp weapons, three robbers, who had covered their faces, barged into R P Jewellers' store and threatened its owners and employees, they said.
There were no closed circuit cameras in the outlet.
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