Man tries to loot jewellery shop where he once worked; held

A 40-year-old man armed with a

pistol and dressed in a burqa on Tuesday attempted to loot a jewellery shop where he was employed earlier, police said.

The accused, Mangal Singh Gulab Singh Devda, has been arrested, they said.

He had worked in the outlet that he targeted, Swarndeep Jewellers, located in Prabhadevi, central Mumbai, before 2017, the police said.

Devda, armed with a country-made pistol, entered the outlet around 4:30 pm along with a burqa-clad woman and threatened two salesmen after getting into an argument with them over an order placed earlier by the latter, they said.

His attempt to loot the outlet failed when staffers raised an alarm and he was caught with the help of passers-by, the police added.

"The accused, along with the woman - both dressed in burqas - entered the shop in the afternoon. The woman had come to the shop three days ago and given Rs 5,000 in advance to purchase gold ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh.

"The two asked the shop's staffers to show the