1.5 kg gold jewellery robbed, recovered

Dacoits robbed gold jewellery weighing 1.5 kg valued at about Rs 45 lakh from a shop in Baranagar area in northern fringe of the city but the entire booty was recovered quickly as one of the robbers got caught by local people, the police said.

Seven robbers came in a taxi and looted the shop at gun point, but when they were fleeing, one of them was caught by local people.

All the stolen items were recovered from him.

The police were trying to arrest the others, the sources said.