Mohali, June 9 -- In a plot straight out of the movies, five men, posing as police officials, abducted a jeweller from his showroom in Zirakpur and extorted Rs.5 lakh from his family.

Victim Gorav Goel, the owner of MG Jewellers, told police that around 3.50 pm on Saturday, a black Mahindra Scorpio, bearing Haryana registration number HR-54G-7839, stopped outside his showroom. Three men stepped out while two others remained inside the vehicle.

One of the suspects, wearing a khaki turban and khaki trousers, entered the shop and created the impression that he was part of a police team. He allegedly slapped a customer, accusing him of selling stolen goods to the jeweller, before the group roughed up Goel, seized his mobile phone and car ke...