Four armed men rob jewellery store in Gurugram
GURUGRAM: Four armed and masked men barged into a jewellery shop in Sadar Bazar’s Roshanpura area in Gurugram on Saturday and decamped with valuables worth ₹13 lakh after injuring the shopkeeper.
According to the police, the jeweller was alone in the store around 3.25pm, when the incident took place. They said two men entered the store and asked him to show engagement rings. The jeweller took out one tray and presented six rings.
Preet Pal Sangwan, assistant commissioner of police (crime), said one of the robbers told the shopkeeper that he is getting engaged and wanted to choose a heavy gold ring.
“The shopkeeper then weighed the ring and before a price was fixed, the third suspect entered the shop and took the jeweller at gunpoint, after which the fourth suspect entered,” he said.
The police said that CCTV grab purportedly shows that the fourth suspect jumping above the glass table of the counter and grabbing the shopkeeper. He is seen struggling and raising an alarm, but due to the closed glass door, the noise could not pass through, despite the fact that the shop is located on a busy road, said the police.
The three suspects picked three to four jewellery trays from the display counter and rushed towards the car which was parked outside, said the police.
“We suspect others may be involved in the robbery. They might have been keeping a close watch on the shop while the four robbed Verma,” said Sangwan. A case under section 392 (Robbery), 34 (common intentions) and sections of the Arms Act was registered at City police station against unidentified persons on Saturday, after the victim recorded his statement.