Ludhiana: Security footage has allowed police to identify the masked robbers who had injured a jewellery store customer critically in Jagraon on Thursday evening before fleeing with valuables worth ₹3.5 lakh.The heist at New Kanda Jewellers on Kacha Malak Road lasted just 90 seconds. CCTV footage captured three men entering the shop, one brandishing a sword and another carrying what police suspect may have been a toy pistol.When a customer inside the shop attempted to resist, one of the assailants struck him with the sword, causing him severe head-and-body injuries. The customer collapsed inside the shop and remains in critical condition at a nearby hospital.The robbers then jumped the counter, looting cash alongside gold and silver ornaments — including an estimated 1-kg silver jewellery. Ludhiana Rural senior superintendent of police Ankur Gupta confirmed that multiple raids were on for the suspects, who were believed to be from a neighbouring district.“We have identified the accused, and arrests are imminent,” Gupta said, declining to release names to protect the ongoing investigation.In the wake of the robbery that has led to a murder attempt, the district police have intensified checkpoint inspections and increased patrols across the commercial centres.
