India, May 15 -- Two robbers who attempted to loot a jewellery shop in Diva on Wednesday afternoon were arrested two hours later from a sewage-filled drain where they were hiding following the failed robbery attempt. A team from the Mumbra police entered inside the drain and arrested the accused, police officers familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times.

According to the police, the incident occurred around noon at Sabe Gaon in Diva when the accused, Shravan Kumar Patwa and Dhruv Patwa, entered Khedadevi Jewellers and sought to rob the shop by brandishing a pistol at the owner, Shambhoo Singh. The owner, however, resisted the robbery attempt and sustained injuries to his hand after one of the accused attacked him with a knife.

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