Woman, owner foil burglary bid at jewellery store

CHIKKAMAGALURU: In a display of startling alacrity and courage, a woman thwarted an armed robber from burgling the jewellery store she worked at in Chikkamagaluru on Wednesday. The episode, the whole of which was recorded on closed circuit television camera, shows the woman, with the assistance of her employer, preventing the robber from decamping with the loot.
The knife or sword that the robber had with him, along with the bag he had stashed the stolen valuables in, he left at the store after failing to fend off the woman and fled.The owner of the store, however, said that three articles of jewellery cumulatively worth Rs 1 lakh were missing.
The incident occurred around 12.30pm, around which time the burglar in question entered the jewellery store in Sringeri town, brandishing a long and sharp weapon. Too shocked, three of the women employees could do little more than watch as the burglar entered the display area and started rifling the drawers containing the jewels. When he had stuffed his bag with jewellery worth lakhs of rupees, and was on the point of fleeing, another woman who worked at the store made bold, and attacked him with a chair.
The owner of the store then joined her in preventing the burglar’s escape. The robber could not defend himself from the assault by two individuals, and fled on the bike had arrived in.
Sringeri police confirmed to TOI that a case had been registered in connection with the incident.