Robbery foiled, two overpowered

According to complainant Ashok Champak Papaiyyawala, the workshop owner, two of the robbers were armed with country revolvers and the other two with long knives. Immediately after entering the first floor premises, they cut off the telephone lines, lined up all the occupants in a corner and demanded everything 8212; diamonds and cash 8212; from the workshop.

However, Pappaiyawala and his son Kaushal overpowered two of the assailants and raised an alarm, after which a crowd gathered at the spot. Sensing trouble, the four attempted to escape but Rattan and Indrajit were caught.

While Rattan sustained grievous injuries when he jumped from the first floor, both he and Indrajit were severely beaten up by a mob before being handed over to the police. Rattan is being treated at the Mahavir hospital, while Indrajit is lodged in the Mahidharpura police station, the police said.

All the four are said to have come to the city as migrant labourers about four years ago. They had been switching jobs frequently, police investigations have revealed. Efforts are now on to nab the other two involved in the loot, the Mahidharpura police stated.