Jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh looted

Mathura, Apr 6 (UNI) Armed criminals today looted jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh from a showroom in Tilak Bazar area here.

Police said here that five criminals entered a prominent jewellery show-room posing as customers and later locked the owners of the shop and employees in the strong room.

The criminals then looted jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh from the showroom and escaped towards Aligarh in a car.

Getting the information of the loot, other traders of the busy market unlocked the owner and employees of the showroom from the strong room.

Agitated over the crime, the traders staged demonstrations before the police, demanding arrest of the criminals in 24 hours.

The cops have launched a manhunt to nab the criminals on the run.

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