4 vs 1: Pune Jeweller Fights Armed Men, Foils Robbery Attempt With Stick

A jeweller thwarted a robbery attempt at his shop in Thane city on Wednesday using a wooden stick to fend off four men carrying revolvers, police said.

During the incident, one of the robbers discharged a firearm. Fortunately, nobody was injured, Deputy Commissioner of Police Amar Singh Jadhav said. The exact timing of the firing-whether fired inside the shop or while fleeing-is still under investigation.

Local people chased gang members and overpowered one of them, subsequently handing him over to police, a senior police inspector said.

"Four robbers carrying revolvers entered a jewellery shop in Balkum area around noon and threatened the shopkeeper. They hit him," he said.