Masked men rob jeweller of Rs 4 lakh, gold
Aditya Dev | TNN | Updated: Nov 7, 2018, 02:52 IST
(Representative image)GHAZIABAD: A jeweller was robbed of Rs 4 lakh in cash along with 30kg of silver and 500gm of gold in Govindpuram on Tuesday afternoon. Four masked man allegedly barged into the jeweller’s shop in I-Block and robbed him at gunpoint.
The owner, Aman Vats (27), was alone at the shop at the time of the incident. It took the accused just 4 minutes to commit the robbery. CCTV footage from the shop shows a man wearing a helmet and mask entering the shop at 12.40pm. The man is seen pointing a gun at Vats while three more masked men enter the shop.
“They had brought school bags with them and demanded cash and jewellery. They hurriedly collected cash, gold and silver and fled on two motorcycles. But before leaving, they pulled the the shutter of the shop down and locked it so that I could not raise an alarm. As I did not offer any resistance, they did not harm me,” Vats told TOI.
Locked inside his shop, Vats loudly banged on the door and shutter to alert nearby shopowners. SSP Vaibhav Krishna and SP (city) Shlok Kumar along with other senior police officials reached the spot after cops were informed and took the statement of the jeweller. An FIR was subsequently registered against unidentified persons under section 392 (robbery) of the IPC at Kavi Nagar police station.
SSP Krishna said the case is being investigated. “We got some vital clues from the spot and are working on it. The family has not expressed suspicion on anyone so far,” he added.
The owner, Aman Vats (27), was alone at the shop at the time of the incident. It took the accused just 4 minutes to commit the robbery. CCTV footage from the shop shows a man wearing a helmet and mask entering the shop at 12.40pm. The man is seen pointing a gun at Vats while three more masked men enter the shop.
“They had brought school bags with them and demanded cash and jewellery. They hurriedly collected cash, gold and silver and fled on two motorcycles. But before leaving, they pulled the the shutter of the shop down and locked it so that I could not raise an alarm. As I did not offer any resistance, they did not harm me,” Vats told TOI.
Locked inside his shop, Vats loudly banged on the door and shutter to alert nearby shopowners. SSP Vaibhav Krishna and SP (city) Shlok Kumar along with other senior police officials reached the spot after cops were informed and took the statement of the jeweller. An FIR was subsequently registered against unidentified persons under section 392 (robbery) of the IPC at Kavi Nagar police station.
SSP Krishna said the case is being investigated. “We got some vital clues from the spot and are working on it. The family has not expressed suspicion on anyone so far,” he added.
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