Police on Thursday detained two suspects in connection with the loot of jewllery worth lakhs from a jeweller near Gala Sankha Road near the Chhatrapur Court Railway Station in Ganjam district on Wednesday.
Reports said the victim Sharat Chandra Sahu was returning home from his jewellery showroom by a scooter along with his wife Laxmipriya around 8 pm when two motorbike borne miscreants intercepted them.
They then threw chilli powder on the couple and attacked them with sharp weapons and decamped with 700 gram gold and nearly 20 kg silver jewellery.
They also snatched Lakshmipriya’s gold chain weighing over 20 gram before speeding away.
Following the couple filed a complaint, the Town police initiated a probe, detained the two suspects and are interrogating them..
On the day, Ganjam SP Brijesh Rai reached the crime scene and with the help of a technical team scrutinised footages from multiple CCTVs installed on the way to Sahu’s residence to collect more information.