PANJIM, MAY 18
In a daring day-light robbery, gold worth Rs 1.4 lakh was stolen from a jewellery shop in the heart of the city this morning.
According to police one Janardan Revankar, resident of Chimbel and owner of Prakash jewelers, near Samrat theatre complained gold worth Rs 1.4 lakh was stolen from his shop.
Police have arrested two women in connection with the case.
According to the complainant, two couples entered his shop around 10 am and asked him to show some jewelry items.
The couples saying they want to make huge purchase asked him to show many items, he said.
As he was showing the jewelry the women passed on some of them to the two men, who ran away with the jewelry, he said.
As Revankar saw the men running he called for help and the two women in the shop were caught and handed over to police.
Police have identified the two women as Sakhu Gaikwad (40) and Sonali, both from Ahmedabad, Gujarat while the identification of the two men is still to be established.
According to complainant, 12 gold chains and 2 mangalsutra worth Rs 1.40 lakh were missing.
