India, March 12 -- Three unidentified armed suspects looted gold and silver ornaments worth approximately Rs.70 lakh after barging into a jewellery showroom and taking the owner hostage at gunpoint in Faridabad's Sururpur on Wednesday, police said.

Police said the incident took place between 1.46pm and 1.55pm when the owner, Sanjay Verma, 41, was alone inside the showroom. Investigators said three suspects arrived on a motorcycle, two entered the shop, pointed a pistol at Verma and threatened him with dire consequences if he moved. "They asked him to open the vault in which more than 400 grams of gold ornaments were stored," a senior police official said.

"They collected all the gold and silver jewellery from the vault and those which w...