Ara, March 11 -- A clutch of men walked into a branch of a prominent jewellery store in Bihar's Ara city posing as customers Monday morning, overpowered the security guard and robbed the outlet of gold and silver pieces worth Rs.25 crore, said police, who arrested two suspects and recovered much of the loot hours later.

The swift recovery was in part owing to thieves who appeared to throw caution to the wind. Just one of the six was wearing a mask, which helped police scour through the store's CCTV footage and match it with security tapes from across the city, in Bhojpur district.

Six criminals arrived outside the Tanishq showroom, in Gopali Chowk, on three motorcycles soon after it opened on Monday, said investigators.

"At first, two ...