In a daring theft, a person entered a jewellery shop in Charkop at around 2 pm on Thursday and took off with a box of gold pendants worth Rs 2.5 lakh, on the pretext of buying one. The incident has been captured in the CCTV installed in the shop.

The owner, Chetan Roshanraj Khicha, 37, was alone in Padmavati Jewellery store situated in Bharat Bhushan Building at the time. The accused asked to see some gold pendants for a mangalsutra. Khicha showed him some placed in a box.