Chennai, July 27 (IANS) Gold jewellery and cash worth over Rs.102 million were looted from a shop in the heart of the city Sunday afternoon, the police said.
According to a complaint lodged by salesman Narayan Mukesh, the robbers pretended to be customers and robbed the shop at the knife point seeing him alone.
Officials were non-committal when asked about the daring robbery despite heavy police presence in the most vulnerable parts of the city following the bomb blasts elsewhere in India - especially since the showroom is situated within a kilometre of Chennai's main rail terminal.
The showroom's proprietor, Ashok Kumar, was said to be away in Mumbai, the police added.
