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A robbery was reported connected Monday in Elephant Gate area, wherever unidentified men attacked a jewellery portion proprietor and escaped with 100 sovereigns of golden jewellery worthy astir ₹80 lakh, said police.
Jagadees, a autochthonal of Rajasthan, lives with his household connected Nattupillaiyar Koil Street. He runs a golden jewellery portion connected Venkatrayan Street, Elephant Gate. Last night, helium was astatine his store erstwhile 2 unidentified men arrived, claiming they wanted to bargain jewellery. Believing them to beryllium customers, helium showed them immoderate ornaments.
Police said suddenly, the duo grabbed a vessel adjacent and deed Jagadees connected the head. After helium suffered a terrible caput injury, the assailants tied him to a chair. They past looted astir 800 grams (100 sovereigns) of golden jewellery worthy astir ₹80 lakh and fled. To debar being caught, they smashed the CCTV cameras installed successful the store and besides took distant the DVR that recorded the footage.
A abbreviated portion later, Jagadees’s comparative came to the store and was shocked to find him tied up and bleeding profusely. He instantly rescued him and rushed him to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital for treatment.
On receiving information, Elephant Gate constabulary and fingerprint experts inspected the unit, examining the scattered items and searching for clues. Since the DVR was stolen, constabulary person begun reviewing CCTV footage from adjacent buildings and roads.
