Mumbai, July 21 -- In a daring daylight robbery, three armed men wearing bulletproof jackets looted a jewellery store in Maharashtra's Palghar district on the evening of Monday, July 20, escaping with gold ornaments worth several lakhs after threatening staff at gunpoint and firing into the air to deter onlookers.

According to police, the robbery took place around 4.30 pm at Laxmi Jewellers in Palghar. The three masked assailants arrived on a motorcycle and entered the shop armed with country-made pistols and a shotgun. They reportedly overpowered the shop owner and employees by pointing firearms at them before collecting gold ornaments from the display counters.

The robbers stuffed the jewellery into plastic bags and walked out of the ...