India, Feb. 23 -- New Delhi

A group of unidentified people, all donning masks, broke into a restaurant in Connaught Place and robbed Rs.6.6 lakh and a mobile phone around 4am on Sunday, police said.

Hotel staffers said the restaurant, located on the Outer Circle, is barely a kilometre from high-security establishments and is also in close proximity to the AI Impact Summit venue.

Yogesh Sharma, the owner of the Karigari restaurant brand, where the incident took place, told HT, "We are all very shocked. Despite AI Summit, this happened, right in the middle of the city. They scaled a wall in the back and entered through the fire exit. Our maintenance staffer was sleeping. After taking cash from first locker, they were advancing towards th...