Armed men loot Rs 70 lakh ornaments

PUNE: Three men carrying a revolver and sharp weapons robbed ornaments worth around Rs 70 lakh, besides cash, from a jewellery shop at Budhwar Peth on Friday night.
The Faraskhana police said that the men, who had covered their faces, barged into R P Jewellers located on the first floor of Shobha Nivas near Vijay Maruti temple at Kedari chowk around 8.15 pm.
Brandishing their weapons, they threatened the partners of the jewellery shop, Rajesh Porwal and Padamraj Porwal, and their employee, Raju Bendre, who were making ornaments at the time. They tied their hands and legs and gagged them with tape before decamping with 2.5 kg gold, 5 kg silver bricks and Rs 1.5 lakh.