Police arrest two persons, recover five kgs of gold jewellery

Two persons, part of a three member gang who fled after looting about five kgs of gold jewellery from a pawn broker's shop here were remanded to custody today.
The gang gained entry into the shop last evening by threatening the security staff with a sickle. Later, they forcibly took the locker key from the woman employee and robbed about five kgs of gold jewellery and cash from the locker, police said today.
The alert woman pressed the alarm attracting the attention of the passers by. In the ensuing fight between an employee of the shop and traffic police with the gang members, the bag containing the booty torn off and some jewels lay scattered.

One person was nabbed by the Police. Two others who fled in a bike, dashed against a car in panic and fell down. One person was caught and handed over to the police the other managed to escape, they said.
The arrested persons confessed to have pledged their jewels in the Paramakudi branch of the pawn shop as they suffered losses in their business but could not recover it due to high rate of usury charged by them. Since the firm coerced them to pay back the loan, they decided to loot the branch to take revenge on them. But their plan failed.

The duo were produced before the Judicial Magistrate and were remanded to police custody today.
One person who had picked up the scattered jewels and escaped, was also arrested by the police.
All the jewels had been recovered, they said.