India, Sept. 25 -- New Delhi

Two robbers on a bike waylaid two employees of a south Delhi businessman riding a scooter and robbed them of a bag containing gold and silver jewellery worth Rs.60 lakh at gunpoint near Bharat Mandapam on Bhairon Marg, in the high-security zone of central Delhi around 5pm on Wednesday, police said.

The employees were going to the businessman's house in Bhogal, south Delhi, after purchasing the gold and silver items from a store at Kucha Mahajani in Chandni Chowk, police said. The robbers were wearing helmets, and fled with the bag containing the jewellery items on their motorcycle.

A police officer aware of the investigation said the employees, identified as Shivam and Raghav, had picked up the jewellery on...