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Unidentified persons robbed a jewellery shop in Hinjewadi at gunpoint on Friday morning. Police said the accused barged into the Shivmudra jewellery shop at Lakshmi chowk around 10 am.
One of them attacked the shop owner with a gun and robbed valuables worth Rs 16,000. The robbers then escaped from the spot. A first information report (FIR) was lodged in this case at the Hinjewadi police station.
Senior police inspector Kanhaiya Thorat said the owner was alone in the shop when the robbery took place. He had just opened the shop, when the robbers came in and one of them assaulted him with the butt of the gun, leaving him injured.
Robbers then looted some artificial gold ornaments estimated at Rs 16,000 and escaped from the spot, police said. Police have recovered a CCTV video of the robbery incident.
Search teams were formed for identifying and arresting the accused persons, police said.
