GURDASPUR, March 6 -- A jeweller, living in a posh locality here, was robbed of Rs.40 lakh cash, gold worth Rs.3 crore and a car in broad daylight after armed robbers held the family hostage on Thursday morning. The incident took place at the residence of the jeweller identified as Varun Mahajan at Scheme No 5 of the Improvement Trust located on Jail Road in Gurdaspur town at around 8.30 am when four robbers in Nihang attire barged into the house. Mahajan said that the robbers first approached his driver and asked him to call someone from inside the house. "When the driver went inside, the robbers followed him and forcefully entered the house. As soon as they got inside, the accused pointed a pistol at the children and held the entire family hostage. They asked the family to hand over the keys to the locker," Mahajan said in his complaint to the police. The complaint added that the robbers looted gold jewellery worth around Rs.2 to Rs.3 crore, Rs.40 lakh in cash, mobile phones, and also fled with a car belonging to the family. "Before leaving, they also took away the DVR of the CCTV cameras installed at the house to destroy evidence," Mahajan added in his complaint. Gurdaspur SSP Aditya said teams have been assigned to trace the robbers, and an FIR has been registered in this regard. Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa slammed the AAP government in Punjab over the deteriorating law and order situation. Randhawa also appealed to the Gurdaspur DC to issue arms licences to business owners and their families....