Two unidentified miscreants by impersonating as customers looted gold chains worth above Rs 17 lakh from a jewellery shop in Jagannathpur Chhak near Manijanga under Tirtol block on Friday.
According to jewellery shop owner Baidhar Manika's FIR at the Tirtol police station, the miscreants stepped into his shop and asked to show a gold chain first. Then, they snatched away a gold chain basket and fled the spot by a motorbike.
On being informed, the Tirtol police rushed to the spot and started an investigation. Meanwhile, the police were examining CCTV footages of the jewellery shop.