A man, who visited Karnala Bird Sanctuary to watch birds, was robbed of a gold chain by two unidentified armed men around 3.15 pm on Sunday. The Panvel Taluka police have registered a first information report and are investigating the matter. According to the police, the victim, who has been identified as R Yappan Harihar Subramaniam, 45, works as a financial advisor and is a resident of Chembur. 

In his statement to police, Subramaniam said that at the bird sanctuary, he and his friend Ravishankar Mantha were accosted by two unidentified persons. “The men threatened the victim and his friend with a knife and a toy gun and robbed the former of a gold chain weighing 17 grams and worth Rs 1.20 lakh,” said a police officer from Panvel Taluka police station.