2 rob trader of Rs 15 lakh diamond jewellery at knifepoint

CHENNAI: Two bike-borne men robbed a

textile

merchant of diamond

jewellery

worth Rs 15 lakh at

knifepoint

on

Poonamallee High Road

on Wednesday night.

Devadas, 48, of Anna Nagar East, who owns a textile shop in Broadway, had gone to a club along with his brother Ram and friend Vinoth Kumar. The men were carrying a

bag

of

diamond

jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh that was delivered to them from Surat on Tuesday for the wedding of Devadas’ niece. When they were returning to Devadas’ house in Chinthamani in an

autorickshaw

, two men on a motorbike intercepted, snatched the bag at knifepoint and escaped.

Police suspect the

robbers

to have followed them knowing they were carrying valuables, after an insider alert. Based on a complaint, police are skimming through the CCTV footage for leads.