Deepak Mahadik and his four assistants were cleaning the process room at around 10.15 am when four men armed with choppers and knives barged into the A-1 Wing, Gala no 140 of the industrial estate building in the Sun Mill Lane. The employees were then herded into a chamber which was locked from the outside.

The robbers decamped with the semi-finished ornaments and Rs 5000 in cash.

In another incident, seven unidentified men barged into a jewellery store at Vile Parle (east) at around 6 pm and walked off with jewellery and cash amounting to around Rs 3.36 lakh. The robbers raided Hasmukh Jewellers near Vile Parle phathak and escaped in a car parked nearby. No arrests have been made so far.