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Burqa-Clad Gunmen Rob Navi Mumbai Jeweller in Daylight as Police Launch Manhunt

Investigators are combing CCTV footage, with a fake-number-plate getaway car complicating the search.

Overview

  • Three assailants in burqas entered Sangam Gold Jewellers in Seawoods as a fourth waited outside as the getaway driver, according to police.
  • The owner, Sunil Narayanlal Sharma, was pushed to the floor and threatened at gunpoint, though no shots were fired and no injuries were reported.
  • Reports differ on the haul, with accounts ranging from 20 tolas to 21 tolas of gold and some citing ₹35,000 in cash, while police also note a figure of more than 130 grams.
  • CCTV shows the suspects roaming Nerul from about 8:30 am before the morning heist and then fleeing in a T-permit Aura car toward Kamothe via the Sion–Panvel Highway.
  • A case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act has been registered, with multiple local and Crime Branch teams, forensic experts and a dog squad deployed; no arrests have been announced.