Paramaguru, a history-sheeter, barged into the shop and opened fire creating a scare among the workers and robbed some jewels in the shop even as his accomplice Kishore was waiting outside on a two-wheeler, police said.
However, the people near the shop, unfazed by the gun shots, overpowered him and forced him to return all the jewels to the shop workers. They also managed to pin him down and hand him over to police, sources said.
An alert has been sounded to nab his accomplice who managed to escape, sources added.