India, Dec. 5 -- A 75-year-old jeweller was murdered in his shop by a 30-year-old man, police officials said. The accused allegedly entered the shop around 8:30am on Thursday with the intent of robbery, police said, adding that the incident was captured on a CCTV camera inside the shop.

The deceased, identified as Girdhari Lal Soni, operated the shop named 'Girdhari Lal and Sons' at Suchetapuri in Ghaziabad's Modinagar for the past 60 years.

Police said Soni had just opened the shop and was alone when the incident took place.

The accused, identified as Ankit Gupta, 30, lives on rent with his family near Modipon Chowk in Modinagar, about 3 kms from the shop, and had previously worked as a driver with a bike-taxi service, police added. ...